In it, the president-elect responded to the New Orleans attack in characteristically less-than emollient style. “The USA is breaking down,” he posted. “A violent erosion of Safety, National Security, and Democracy is taking place all across our Nation. Only strength and powerful leadership will stop it.”

He’s right about the first part, the US is breaking down. He’s wrong about why it’s happening and how to fix it.

I think that’s true of a lot of Americans. They intuitively know something’s really wrong, but they don’t know what. That doesn’t stop them from speculating, however, nor from jumping to conclusions and convincing themselves that they have the answers. Then they find like minded communities, often online, where their false beliefs are reinforced. I expect we will see more and more of this.

The fact is, no one really knows exactly what’s wrong, or how to fix it. Modern society is just so incredibly complex, it’s extremely difficult, if not impossible, to understand all of its minutia and nuance. But, some have a better understanding of what’s happening than most. Unfortunately, those people are rarely listened to.

The ultra wealthy are the enemy of the non ultra wealthy in the current way of things.

Perhaps they can be talked into reasonable and equitable resolutions to their crimes, with nice, civil words.

The number of armed dissidents does not need to be a majority of the population. The government itself has direct control of the police and the military. Those groups are already weaponized to commit acts of political violence, they will continue to do so under the Trump regime. Particularly as mass deportations begin.