Such a great example of what an MMO should be. Old, and not without it's flaws, but it did so many things right that even contemporary attempts at the genre miss entirely.
He and his are absolutely immune from the effects. He has proven time and again that he holds everyone in utter contempt, and believes himself above reproach, literally untouchable.
It's as simple as this; he plays to their bigotries. Racists, homophobes, transphobes, xenophobes, religious fundamentalists, all catered for.
"I will hurt those you hate." That was the promise he was elected upon. That is what drives the voting populace, hate. So wrapped up in the hatred of their fellow suffering humans, they willingly choose a childish, senile, selfish, fat, old, "white", paedophile, rapist, reality TV star as their "leader".
And lo, observe the result.
The dildo of consequences, as the saying goes, rarely arrives lubed.
It's almost like the vast majority of the country has been mushroom managed (kept in the dark and fed shit) since it's inception.
There's a good reason the dept of education has been assailed by all comers since forever. Privatisation and politicisation of the education of the people; make good, stupid little drones for the corporate machine, either in a cubicle or on a battlefield.
Those that refuse to conform, or are politically "undesirable" are run through the prison slavery pipeline instead.
I sound like a conspiracy theory nutter, but this timeline is so utterly fucked, that it's the truth. How batshit mental is that?
The US exports "I'm alright, Jack." By the fucking container ship. But of course the average American lacks empathy, Fox has been feeding the population toxic shit for decades, while his ilk buy off politicians.
That's what set the stage for the right wing coup you're living through.
The demon responsible has his crooked fingers in the politics of the UK and Australia, to name just a couple of other places going to shit off the back of his pipeline of awful shite.
Rupert Murdoch should be shot into the fucking sun, alongside the orange shitgibbon and his pet nazi techbro.
But they're winning! And fucking over "the libs" at the same time!