How long before they start getting swords and tridents? Maybe have a few “spectacles,” like men fighting wild animals? And the audience could participate by indicating with some gesture whether the contestants — let’s call them “gladiators” — fought bravely enough.
It’s an idea fit for the times and the state of civilization.
and a narcisstic, malevolent self absorbed “leader” willing to destroy everything around him., oh ,wait. ok, that box is checked