1. There's a Robert Crumb story called "The Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs Take Charge!" (from Hup #1, 1987) which does a great job of explaining the cycles of American politics over the last few decades. 1st page Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs are mad!

2. Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs decide they've had it up to here with the liberal wimps.

3. A change of government. The Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs are in charge.

4. Governance by the Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs is ... not good.

5. When the Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs end up destroying everything the liberals have to come back and clean everything up, starting a new cycle.

6. The story, written in 1987, does describe the cycle that runs from Nixon to Carter to Reagan/Bush to Clinton to Bush to Obama to Trump to Biden. Crumb is out of fashion right now (for reasons good & bad) but it's a great story.

7. Also "Ruff Tuff Cream Puffs" really captures a special type of toxic masculinity: the tough guys who are also super-touchy, quick to take offence, and belligerently injured.