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Could it happen here?? (Original Post) kentuck Mar 2017 OP
Yes. DK504 Mar 2017 #1
Sinclair Lewis trof Mar 2017 #2
Sounds interesting. kentuck Mar 2017 #4
I've had this song in my head since the election. Initech Mar 2017 #3
It has already happened. milestogo Mar 2017 #5
I hope you are wrong? kentuck Mar 2017 #6
I agree. nancy1942 Mar 2017 #7

DK504

(3,847 posts)
1. Yes.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:39 PM
Mar 2017

I think most Americans do not believe it could ever happen. Others think someone else will fix it, the remaining government won't let it happen, and some will literally fight in the streets.

I see a lot of passing the buck.

trof

(54,256 posts)
2. Sinclair Lewis
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:44 PM
Mar 2017

It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical 1935 political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis,[1] and a 1936 play adapted from the novel by Lewis and John C. Moffitt.

Published during the rise of fascism in Europe, the novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a politician who defeats Franklin Delano Roosevelt and is elected President of the United States, after fomenting fear and promising drastic economic and social reforms while promoting a return to patriotism and "traditional" values.

After his election, Windrip takes complete control of the government and imposes a plutocratic/totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force, in the manner of Adolf Hitler and the SS.

Initech

(100,100 posts)
3. I've had this song in my head since the election.
Fri Mar 10, 2017, 08:52 PM
Mar 2017

If only FZ were still alive today, I wonder what he would say about Trump?



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