I agree, it's gotten much much worse, especially with all the MAGA/Trump/Musk/Thiel boot licking.
It's prime time for Silicon Valley: AI Bubble. Instead of hiring the original actors or artists or writers, it could be ironically AI animated in the style of South Park, with a storyline about infringing on copyright and intellectual property, and putting actors and artists and programmers out of work.
I wonder what kind of company names would Erlich Bachman come up with on ketamine instead of shrooms?
I suspect Erlich might have died of an opium overdose at this point.