The Russia/"hacked election" meme is amazing. With very little actual <i>evidence</i>, careful use of linguistic framing, and a lot of angry rhetoric on all sides, the public was successfully scared into wasting their time and energy fighting among themselves over hearsay and rumor, instead of addressing <i>any</i> of the numerous actual, known problems that are already known and far more likely to impact the average citizen.<p>If there's actual <i>evidence</i> of an actual <i>crime</i>, then present it to the public and the court. In the meantime, healthcare is still a huge mess, regulatory capture is keeps getting worse (an isn't limited to the FCC), systemic corruption continues to erode the public sector as politicians - regardless of party affiliation - spend increasing amounts of time "dialing for dollars"[1], wealth inequality continues to get worse, and the military-industrial complex is still a money pump that starts the occasional war.<p>There is a lot of important work to do, but this <i>denial of service attack</i> against everyone's political time and energy has been a very successful distraction.<p>[1] <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylomy1Aw9Hk" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ylomy1Aw9Hk</a>