The latest season of Daredevil was very uncomfortable to watch. Kingpin became mayor of New York by running on an anti-crime platform, then used it to enrich hi

The latest season of Daredevil was very uncomfortable to watch. Kingpin became mayor of New York by running on an anti-crime platform, then used it to enrich himself and persecute his enemies. With some hand-waves about how there's basically no higher government echelon to interfere. The show runners were surely aware of the parallels.