Why the past 10 years of American life have been uniquely stupid
This article is 100% wrong.<p>Russia&#x27;s misinformation campaign against the U.S. is 100% the cause of our current national discord.<p>Our entire culture has been maliciously and actively poisoned by a <i>proven</i> state sponsored attack on the U.S. and Western Europe. Everything in the past decade needs to be re-evaluated and filtered through the lens of Russian disinformation.<p>Day in and day out, for over 10 years, the Russian government has been posting millions and millions of divisive and destabilizing messages online, amplifying the most controversial topics and creating true distrust and hatred among fellow Americans. Their efforts happened to occur along with the unprecedented rise of smart phones, which enabled this campaign conceived during the Obama administration, to have success beyond Russia&#x27;s wildest dreams.<p>Additionally, there have been thousands of spies sent to the U.S. in order to infiltrate Congressional and Presidential offices, military personnel and business leaders. How many Russian spies have you heard of? Last night I watched PBS Frontline where I learned of yet another one: the former CEO of Overstock&#x27;s girlfriend was revealed to be a spy by the FBI (Maria Butina). He was the guy funding and pushing for recount efforts like in Arizona. I remember reading about her, but didn&#x27;t realize the connection with &quot;stop the steal&quot;.<p>We need to respond. Aggressively and radically. We need to pardon the Jan 6th insurrectionists (I&#x27;m a liberal Democrat, mind you) and start a national campaign of de-russification. (As someone named Russ, I don&#x27;t state that lightly. Haha. Sorry dumb joke.)<p>The reactions to what I&#x27;m saying will be predictable:<p>1) I&#x27;m oversimplifying or exaggerating.<p>I&#x27;m not. This is all fact.<p>2) I&#x27;m a liberal Democrat and I&#x27;m somehow trying to target Republicans because I hate freedom.<p>I&#x27;m not spreading a narrative. I&#x27;m trying desperately to understand why articles like this from the Atlantic keep trying to explain the state of the country, when we already know the answer.<p>When is the majority of the country going to realize we&#x27;ve been played and react appropriately??