Are Americans Experiencing Collective Trauma?

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9. Just wait until Trump, Pence, Putin, the GOP Congress & SCOTUS start changing things...

The people who voted could foresee what would happen if Trump won; many appear to have voted against him for just that reason. The others didn't care because they assumed (often unconsciously) that whatever intersectional privilege they hold would continue to keep them safe.

I'm going to predict that in say, two months maybe, more of America is going to wake up. Slowly, and grudgingly, as things begin to affect them personally. It won't be enough that it affects their friend, their coworker, etc. - sure, those will be "a shame" but they'll be near-misses. Those that would have voted Dem in the past will blame the GOP. Those that always have voted GOP will blame whatever scapegoat has been offered (often those who are being hit even harder). And the ones in the middle, the people who have no alliance, who don't really look beyond the next weekend? Well, how they react will show us what America is about to become.