Yes, Americans elected a maniac, power-drunk narcissist to the presidency, in the process ignoring his obvious authoritarian impulses.
Now I'm not directing this at one person in particular, let me make it clear that the problem doesn't just exist in America and England, there are power hungry maniacs in control all over the globe.
Most like Danny Alexander The Thick of It: HM Opposition Malcolm Tucker: Out of power, but still powerful, the potty-mouthed maniac is already plotting to oust Murray.
You create your own character using a few different hairstyles, skin tones, and clothing and shoe options — nothing too advanced, there are perhaps 4-5 options for each category — and then decide on a basic personality type: Jack of All Trades, Nice Guy, Jerk, Sleaze, Power Seeker, and Maniac.
The network had already handed all the power to this passive/aggressive maniac.
Maniac Mansion was featured often in the magazine Nintendo Power.
The passengers — one of them is a girl with psychic powers; another has degenerated into a homicidal maniac — must find a way home before they are devoured.
A war could be a result of balance of power politics or leaders who are homicidal maniacs.
"The Langoliers" is classic King: a science-fiction premise (time travel) is complicated by horror-movie twists (monsters and a homicidal maniac) before some unrelated paranormal element (the girl with psychic powers) steps in to save the day.
More distribution of power, not centralization in the hands of an ego-maniac who lends himself to five hour Sunday TV spectacles and who refers to any and all critics as "squalid...terrorists...and fascists".
Eventually, Bernard uses Dr. Fred's family fortune of royalties from Maniac Mansion to purchase a real diamond, both Laverne and Hoagie manage to power their Chron-o-Johns, and the three are reunited in the present.
