It Can't Happen Here

from usnmm2

Should be required reading in all high schools. What if FDR was defated in his 2nd term and a fascist was elected. That's what this story is about. What makes it so good is that in the thirties there was a very strong fascist movement in this country, and they were very powerful.

from tloeffler

A precursor to Philip Roth's "Plot Against America," Lewis wrote this book in 1935 to show the dangers of Fascism coming to the United States. The story takes place between 1936 and 1939. Berzelius Windrip, presidential candidate, is Ohio. Windrip's candidacy is based on his 15 Points, one of whi...

from reenum

Before November 2016, this book would have read like an alarmist dystopian fantasy. Instead, this book shows us what would happen if the Trump administration was allowed to do everything they want to do. It is a reminder of what can happen when democratic norms erode. Berzelius Windrip is Donald ...

from seth_g

We're a decade into the 21st century, and the increasing control of big banks and big corporations over all aspects of daily life, mixed with a political populism that appeals to all that's worst in the citizenry, is the stuff of nightmares. It's not the first time this particular nightmare has t...

from john257hopper

Gripping and, in places, quite graphically horrible alternate history where a populist demagogue becomes President in 1936 and turns the USA into a fascist state with concentration camps. I say history, but it was written in 1935 and must have made quite an impression at the time. In this alterna...