It Can't Happen Here
 

It Can't Happen Here

by Sinclair Lewis

The only one of Sinclair Lewis's later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith, It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with... (more)

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Flip the political agenda, and you have what is going on today following the current election. Instead of a right wing demagogue, you will now have a left wing demagogue. Same wolf, different sheep's clothing. If you give anyone or any party too much power, the concept of checks and balances goes out the window. With the left now firmly in charge of government and the Fourth Estate, where is the check and where is the balance? I am not advocating a particular agenda. It is unbridled...

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