my splicetoday column today is a diagnosis of why trump's election has been so upsetting, or crypto-traumatic, for so many people. it's because they missed the fact that history has no direction or goal, a claim i purport to be able to vindicate against all comers. also i'm running all deep into the philosophy of history and shit.
one reason not to cry trauma now, rather confusing what you're seeing on television with your actual life, is that actual trauma for actual people - for example, immigrants - might well ensue. we may be called upon to try to do something about that.
