In August of 2001 Americans felt pretty secure. We thought our Maginot line was strong.

In August of 2015 we thought we had defenses. Yeah, we knew newspapers were weak, but we had constitutional checks and balances. We had the power of the wealthy, the powerful, and the incorporated to balance the fear and despair of the credulous.

We were wrong. Our constitution has loopholes; it’s only paper after all. The business model that built the Adnet was a weapon hiding in plain sight. A few crazed billionaires had great power.

Now we have nutters running large swathes of government, not least the presidency.

Where else are we weak?