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#1 2005-01-27 22:40:38
- BWhite
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Re: A book I intend to read - And its free!
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html]It Can't Happen Here
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In 1935, Sinclair Lewis penned the cautionary tale, It Can’t Happen Here, chronicling the fictional rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who becomes President against the protests of Franklin D. Roosevelt and America’s saner citizens.
A charismatic Senator who claims to champion the common man, Windrip is in the pocket of big business (i.e. Corpos), is favored by religious extremists, and though he talks of freedom and prosperity for all, he eventually becomes the ultimate crony capitalist. Boosted by Hearst newspapers (the FOX News of its day), he neuters both Congress and the Supreme Court, before stripping people of their liberties and installing a fascist dictatorship.
More to come as I start reading. . .
Give someone a sufficient [b][i]why[/i][/b] and they can endure just about any [b][i]how[/i][/b]
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#2 2005-01-28 05:06:38
- Palomar
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Re: A book I intend to read - And its free!
http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html]It Can't Happen Here
One review:
In 1935, Sinclair Lewis penned the cautionary tale, It Can’t Happen Here, chronicling the fictional rise of Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip, who becomes President against the protests of Franklin D. Roosevelt and America’s saner citizens.
A charismatic Senator who claims to champion the common man, Windrip is in the pocket of big business (i.e. Corpos), is favored by religious extremists, and though he talks of freedom and prosperity for all, he eventually becomes the ultimate crony capitalist. Boosted by Hearst newspapers (the FOX News of its day), he neuters both Congress and the Supreme Court, before stripping people of their liberties and installing a fascist dictatorship.
More to come as I start reading. . .
*Yep, that's a good book. :up: I read it a few years ago.
I can't fathom why you'd mention nor recommend it, though. :;):
Glad to see you came back before Monday. :;):
--Cindy
P.S.: I had a dream last night that Laura publically asked George W to step down as President.
P.P.S.: A piece of humor in the book: The chief protagonist inwardly (though mildly) complaining about his teenage daughter and her friends, who only wanted to go buzzing around in those big cars and always had to have that durned radio blaring (1930s)...oh for the good old days of the horse and cart, and birdsong only. :laugh: It -is- an enjoyable read all around.
We all know [i]those[/i] Venusians: Doing their hair in shock waves, smoking electrical coronas, wearing Van Allen belts and resting their tiny elbows on a Geiger counter...
--John Sladek (The New Apocrypha)
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#3 2005-01-28 10:40:49
- Cobra Commander
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Re: A book I intend to read - And its free!
You'll like it, Bill. I expect regular citations.
Just bear in mind that tyranny has a tendency to flank a people, not always advancing from the direction you expect.
Not so much in the book as in general.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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