There is a shifting of themes that basically tracks with the corporate takeover of the US government.
- (1993) Companies fucking around with systems they don't understand is the problem. Rich guy underestimates nature.
- (1997) Rich guy learned lesson. Corporate greed did not.
- (2001) post-dotcom crash: A rich fucker and his stupid family learn the lesson about the company that fucked with nature. Governments are bad for not interveneing.
- (2015) post-Birther: Company and its rich founder are naive and innocent. US Government and US education are the bad guys.
- (2018) Corporate suits are the good guys. Science is the bad guys.
- (2022) A (suddenly) European company is the bad guys. Science is again the bad guy. Americans are the good guys.
- (2025) The US company and Military are the good guys.
We saw Nazis as bad and shunned them.
Gen Z and Gen Alpha created Incels.