It Can't Happen Here
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Average rating3.8
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Ratings31
Average rating3.8
It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.
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Absolutely terrifying book given what's happened in the last few months. I couldn't recommend it more.
I had been meaning to read this since before the Trump presidency, and finally got around to it. This book is both a classic and very relevant today. Lewis presents a very plausible version of American fascism grounded in a mix of corporate power and populism.
Scary - he writes about the George W. Bush presidency decades before it occurred. Fortunately W's rule ended differently than this book did...
