Yeah, smarter people have more money. But smarter people have fewer kids. So, in fact, there is negative pressure on intelligence.
1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fertility_and_intelligence 2. Kaufman, Scott Barry, et al. "The role of creativity and humor in human mate selection." Mating intelligence: Sex, relationships, and the mind’s reproductive system (2008): 227-262.
What about the multi-generational odds of survival and reproduction? What about surviving famines or predators? What about competition in sexual selection?
Idiocracy was an amusing movie, but it's underlying premise was never realistic.