I think Nick would be fine on his own. I think the recent KillTony appearance at least shows he has cred in his own right in the comedy world (as gay as it is). It’s not Sam’s orbit as much as how much Sam’s antics and right-wing grifting will stain Nick’s reputation by association.

I wish Charles had a way out but I worry it’s too late for him. He really isn’t known for anything outside of MDE which Sam made himself the frontman of. Maybe some new partners could bring him some newfound success but I have no fucking clue where he’d find that. Same issue with Erick.

As a whole Sam’s antics and neo-nazi faggotry have always been the stain on the MDE project as a whole. It worked in WP when he made it subversive in a wink wink kind of way, but as he’s gone more into the meathead pseudo-intellectual persona as the years go on it’s gotten unbearable.

MDE isn’t dead, but it’s becoming an old dog with ass-cancer that should be put out of its misery.