Look In The Damn Mirror(c).

Larry goes for jugular:

The Washington and New York establishments continue to insist that Vladimir Putin is an “authoritarian strongman.” I have one word of advice — look in the damn mirror and pay attention to what is happening in the United States before you mount your moral high horse and gallop off to lecture other countries on democracy and human rights.

Yes, this is how Vibe Shift happens. Eventually, people get sick from lies, the critical mass of opinions accumulates and then it goes supercritical--the explosion, or implosion, depending on the point of view, happens. Read the whole thing at Larry's blog.