There is a way all of this bullshit can end almost overnight and the guilty parties realize with earnest truth that they need to clean up their act... But it cannot be posted publicly without attracting scrutiny and glowfags.
Our digital 'at your fingertips' convenience and entertainment society has ensured that even in tumultuous times, most people will not be so bored that they will say "fuck it", go out the front door and create their own episodes of the Sopranos and Sons of Anarchy. Prior to TVs and computers, it wasn't that easy for fuckwads in power to get away with a lot. And in the Middle Ages? Forget about it. "Whack the count and his hunting party" was a weekend sport for the peasants, as well as the "Sicilian middle finger", which involved a cloak and a very long and thin dagger.