I've been really put off by something recently - the rising level of vitriol around the Trump white house and republican congress.
I keep thinking about a book I read a while back that said nuclear weaponry moved us in to a post total war state. Since WWII, the preferred war method (with a couple of exceptions) is to go into a place and dampen as much momentum as possible. As the dominant military power, the US has used this strategy extensively to keep any real rival from forming.
I think as technology and the anonymous internet expand, the cost of this disruptive warfare decreases. It's much easier to sow decent when you don't have to recruit an army, you just have to code one.
This is why I find the violent liberal rhetoric so alarming. Regardless of where it comes from, the result is still the same as the Trump rhetoric - to sow divisiveness. That's the big objective, that's the threat to national security, to get us at each other's throats so we slow down and others can catch up.
I don't think Putin really cared if Clinton or Trump won - both had been turned to demons in the eyes of the other party and both would serve to help further divide the nation.
This is a rant, so I don't have any solutions. I just wanted to say that all the hate makes me sad.