“People are shopping these days. The stores are crowded. Buyers are intent but not gay. The news of the atomic bomb came as a terrible shock to everybody, and the easiest way to take your mind off it is to buy things.” StoresBuyingShoppingNuclear WeaponsConsumerismAtomic BombAtomic WeaponsNuvlear Bomb Book:The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters Source: The Wild Flag: Editorials from the New Yorker on Federal World Government and Other Matters