No one likes to hear it, but our selfish, transactional, solely self-interested politicians are a reflection of our values. A bunch of temporarily embarrassed millionaires dreaming about their turn to live large and punch down don’t make for much of a society.
This is what America values in practice:
I would not call a single person in Succession a role model.
https://slate.com/culture/2007/09/how-wall-street-s-gordon-gekko-inspired-a-generation-of-imitators.html
Oliver Stone didn’t consider his similar to the succession crew villain Gordon Gecko a role model, yet He’s received letters over the years from MBAs and aspiring traders thanking him for creating their role model.
The succession characters shouldn’t be seen as role models, yet their characters are based on what Is viewed as the most successful class of people in America.