Reality is under assault. Verbal confusion reigns. Truth and illusion
have merged. Mental chaos makes it hard to fathom what is happening. We
feel trapped in a hall of mirrors. Exposed lies are answered with other
lies. The rational is countered with the irrational. Cognitive
dissonance prevails. We endure a disquieting shame and even guilt. Tens
of millions of Americans, especially women, undocumented workers,
Muslims and African-Americans, suffer the acute anxiety of being pursued
by a predator. All this is by design. Demagogues always infect the
governed with their own psychosis.
