A cursory look at how corrupt and plain ‘Bad-Azz' politicians get themselves elected and hang on to their offices long after doing so.
It’s getting to be that we’ve reached the stage to the worse you are; the more lies you’re willing to spew; the more thieving you’re willing to be, the easier it is to get yourself re-elected.
Society has now reached that dreadful plateau where the more outrageous the things you’re willing to say, it’s guaranteed that the media will pick you up and send what you’re saying, viral.