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It Can't Happen Here is a 1935 dystopian political novel by American author Sinclair Lewis. Set in the fictionalized version of 1930s United States.

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The novel was published during the heyday of fascism in Europe, which was reported on by Dorothy Thompson, Lewis' wife. The novel describes the rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, a demagogue who 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 via self-coup and imposes totalitarian rule with the help of a ruthless paramilitary force.

Presidency of Donald Trump:

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Several writers have compared the demagogue Buzz Windrip to Donald Trump. Michael Paulson wrote in The New York Times that the Berkeley Repertory Theatre's 2016 rendition of the play aimed to provoke discussion about Trump's presidential candidacy.[36] Writing for The Guardian, Jules Stewart discussed the similarities between Trump's America with the country as depicted in the book.[37] In Salon, Malcolm Harris stated: "Like Trump, Windrip uses a lack of tact as a way to distinguish himself" and "The social forces that Windrip and Trump invoke aren’t funny, they’re murderous."[38] In The Washington Post, Carlos Lozada compared Trump to Windrip, opining that "it is impossible to miss the similarities between Trump and totalitarian figures in American literature."[39] Jacob Weisberg wrote in Slate that one "can’t read Lewis' novel today without flashes of Trumpian recognition."[40] Following the results of the 2016 United States presidential election, sales of It Can't Happen Here surged significantly, and it appeared on Amazon.com's list of bestselling books.[41] Penguin Modern Classics released a new edition of the novel on January 20, 2017, the same day as the inauguration of Donald Trump.[42]

In 2018, HarperCollins published Can It Happen Here?: Authoritarianism in America, a collection of essays about the prospect of authoritarianism in the United States, edited by Cass Sunstein.[43]

In 2019, Robert Evans produced the podcast series It Could Happen Here, which speculated on the causes and consequences of a hypothetical second American Civil War.[44]

In 2021, New York University Press published a book It Can Happen Here: White Power and the Rising Threat of Genocide in the US by genocide scholar Alexander Laban Hinton. Hinton argued that "there is a real risk of violent atrocities happening in the United States".[45]

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This is not fiction:

https://youtu.be/QExM4GdtXDI?si=p2-k5dg1AQPxNbSV

Near Miss - The Lincoln Project

https://www.npr.org/sections/c...nazis-took-manhattan

When Nazis Took Manhattan
FEBRUARY 20, 20191:00 PM ET
HEARD ON ALL THINGS CONSIDERED
By Sarah Kate Kramer

https://youtu.be/MxxxlutsKuI?si=vBjhN7alJvaGBA8B

A Night at The Garden - Field of Vision


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

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The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum quotes the following text as one of the many poetic versions of the speech:[2][3]

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

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First, they came for the immigrants:

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news...d6e35bf155a40&ei=128

Trump’s plan to disappear millions

by Lucian K. Truscott IV • 23m


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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I regret to suggest that it is almost certain to “happen here”. I think that it’s almost evolutionary; societies become wealthy, powerful, and complacent. Then they fail from within like a rich fat slothful man with a heart attack.

Like a forest fire is necessary for regeneration, societies will collapse from their own success eventually - with an obviously greater regeneration time line, if in fact regeneration happens at all.

Rome, Greece, Egypt, the Mayans, Aztecs and Mongols..all the way back, the mightiest have imploded from their own excesses. Maybe it’s about to “happen here”.
 
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Sinclair Lewis was a family friend and contemporary of my great grandfather- in other words, I never met him.

But he was known to be a bit “different”. Very politically active.

I’ve got a few first editions that he gave to my grandfather somewhere.
 
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But he was known to be a bit “different”. Very politically active.


Well, he wasn't Orwellian, and his novel wasn't in the dystopia genre.

Trumpism isn't portending a dystopia - something fictional. Instead, it is akin to actual, functioning fascism.


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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NAZI TOWN, USA | Chapter 1 | American Experience | PBS

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In the 1930s, Summer camps opened up across the country. But these weren't normal summer camps: they were the creation of the German American Bund, a pro-Nazi organization with a vision of America ruled by white Christians.


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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Historian compares America's current divisions to the past and how we can overcome them

Many Americans feel we’re living through an extraordinarily divided time. But historian Heather Cox Richardson says there’s precedent for our conflicts today and for the hope that we can overcome them. Judy Woodruff recently sat down with Richardson for her series, America at a Crossroads.


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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For those who don’t know this Racheal is a Rhode Scholar with a PHD in Political Science. She is the real deal!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...nel=CBSSundayMorning

Rachel Maddow on "Prequel" and fascism in America

Prior to World War II, a significant number of Nazi sympathizers in the U.S. were secretly meeting to promote antisemitic and far-right propaganda, with the intent to set up a Hitler-style dictatorship in America. Attempts to bring them to justice, for the most part, failed. MSNBC's Rachel Maddow, author of the new book "Prequel," talks with correspondent Rita Braver about our nation's long-running fight against fascism, and how it relates to today's conspiracy theories and ultra-right propaganda.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...FBE&ab_channel=MSNBC

3 months ago

'Not a fringe movement': Maddow details historical fight against fascism in 'Prequel'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...owwithStephenColbert

3 months ago

Rachel Maddow on America’s Previous Flirtation with Fascism

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...owwithStephenColbert

3 months ago

Rachel Maddow Reacts to Speaker Johnson Passing Gov’t Funding Bill With Democratic Support


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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Bloodlines

It's up to us how this ends.


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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Fairytale


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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Now you're quoting Rachel madcow? you are a delusional, menopausal old woman....m
 
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Steve Bannon

Trump was too stupid to do this on his own. Of course he had Sleazy Steve Bannon helping to lay it all out.


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1 Then Trump said, "Let Us re-make a Nation in MY Image, after My likeness, to rule over everything in the Nation, and over all the earth itself and every creature that crawls upon it".

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying a cross." - Sinclair Lewis

Per my far-right friend: "reality sucks"

D.J. Trump aka Trumpism's Founding Farter, aka Farter Martyr. Qualifications: flatulence - mental, oral and anal.



 
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