Capitol Assault and Charlottesville: "Stop thinking about it ideologically and think about it mechanically"

"Think about how the Internet is a brainwashing machine. It’s this machine that convinces people of these crazy beliefs and what was once insane becomes normal."

The degree to which Charlottesville, and now the Capitol assault, has launched a thousand think pieces is breathtaking. That's not necessarily a bad thing. The effort to find meaning in these events is part of our important national, and local, soul searching. What gets lost, however, is a focus on the mechanics of these events and what they have to tea…