Playing to the crowd in the role of their savior

Since the original author has been dead for quite a few years now, I guess he won't mind me changing his words slightly and saying: Shocking acts are in danger of being committed on the unscrupulous initiative of a few individuals, with the blessing of others, and with the passive acquiescence of more.

I am, of course, referring to the deeds that Donald Trump and his gang seem to be busy plotting.

At a time when the world is struggling to find a new equilibrium and address the impending consequences of human induced climate change, as well as the destabilizing effects on societies of ever-widening inequality and growing intolerance, it is somewhat worrying that the sort of character with a huge sense of entitlement that is the alter ego of the superheroes in the movies has been encouraged by some to act out his "Flash Gordon" fantasy in real life.