[cgbg]

Their world just shattered—not just because their candidate lost the election—but because _everyone_ they knew and trusted told them she couldn’t lose.

That means everyone they believed was wrong, and they may now consider the possibility that every _thing_ they believed was wrong.

This is the kind of shock that can remake their lives for the better.

[infool7]

Nice thought but it’s a fat chance.

Benjamin Franklin said that the poor must be driven from their poverty. In this case poverty of thought probably applies as well.

[COBOL2Java]

Their world just shattered—not just because their candidate lost the election—but because _everyone_ they knew and trusted told them she couldn’t lose.

That means everyone they believed was wrong, and they may now consider the possibility that every _thing_ they believed was wrong.

This is the kind of shock that can remake their lives for the better.

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There's a good word for that:

Gobsmacked