[ddingus]

Surely it can't be the majority of Americans in growing, significant economic need driving lack of confidence in "modern democracies."

Ours is very deeply corrupt. The ONLY place that is really being discussed is outside of equally owned media channels.

Don't like that state of affairs, but failure to incorporate it into this problem set is ripe for abuse.

[emodendroket]

Russia panic is largely just a way to avoid the discussion of deep discontent, which did not need to be imported.

[adavis321]

Russia spent a lot of time and money amplifying that discontent, so they clearly thought it needed to be "imported". It's also important to remember that they amplified discontent on both sides of the spectrum, because that increases discord and makes our political process look (more) dysfunctional.

[emodendroket]

Yeah it was all a harmonious idyll before those 13 guys got on Facebook.