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TreasonousBastard

(43,049 posts) Mon Dec 5, 2016, 01:46 PM Dec 2016

"It Can't Happen Here"-- in 1935 Sinclair Lewis described Trump...

even though he thought he was talking about Huey Long.

The Times, WaPo, New Yorker... lots of places have made the association and I'm thinking about rereading it.

But, reading it years ago as political fantasy was fun, reading it now as reality may make me nuts.

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"It Can't Happen Here"-- in 1935 Sinclair Lewis described Trump... (Original Post) TreasonousBastard Dec 2016 OP

I know I tried to re-read 1984 and it was too depressing, couldn't do it. shraby Dec 2016 #1

shraby

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1. I know I tried to re-read 1984 and it was too depressing, couldn't do it.

Reply to TreasonousBastard (Original post)

Mon Dec 5, 2016, 02:13 PM

Dec 2016

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