If there was any lesson we failed to learn from cartoons growing up, it came from Scooby Doo, where they tried to warn us that the villain is always a rich old white guy who wants to illegally and unethically acquire more money than he needs.
@backupbear I don’t remember the exact details but SonicX even did an episode where Dr Eggman ran for office and pushed his own electricity plan while secretly blotting out the sun and everyone praised him while Sonic and friends had to stop him/expose his plans.