Election Fright
Briefly

"Everyone was acting more insane than usual and seemed to be ambiently mad at one another... ...the naked and gleeful encroaching authoritarianism, the open threats of postelection violence..."
"Personally, I had been unintentionally dissociated for months, trapped in a deep fog that allowed me to avoid all of my feelings..."
"I wondered how other New Yorkers were coping. What were they doing to stave off not only totalitarianism but also their own death drive?"
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