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Kate Armstrong’s remark about #SinclairLewis reminded me of his vision of a #dystopian #US and a sanctuary #Canada in #ItCan’tHappenHere. I included it in my piece about how Canada figures in #American #dystopias, written in ‘24 but still painfully relevant. doncurren.blogspot.com/2024/06/what...
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What Happened to Canada When t... -
Just look at the start of chapter 12 of “It can’t happen here” with an excerpt of the book of dear leader. Sound familiar, doesn’t it?
I'm still wondering whether Trump (or his writer(s)) could be sued for plagiarism?
#SinclairLewis #ItCantHappenHere
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Déjàvu. This all seems so–familiar, right? Like, we've done this all before. But, that can't be. Can it? It can't happen here, right?..
Judgment at Nuremberg, 1961. Richard Widmark as prosecutor Col. Tad Lawson; directed and produced by Stanley Kramer, and written by Abby Mann.
#history #pastisprologue #historyrepeats #richardWidmark #stanleyKramer #1960s #itcanthappenhere
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Apologies to my normie friends. Someone just described me as having no more F’s to give. Damn right. I was 15 listening to my brother’s Freak Out album on my suitcase record player. When one begins to pay attention to lyrics instead of danceable Top 40 hits, there is a lot to learn.
Posted #ForNoParticularReason #Zappa #ItCantHappenHere #FreakOut
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Holy shit, this video from The Lincoln Project is kick-ass.
#trump #uspoli #fascism #coup #authoritarianism #ItCantHappenHere
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Occupational forces in a post #fascist nation....the #future in the past. Study up me droogies.
#billywilder #marlenadietrich #itcanthappenhere #whocouldimagine #fallingingoosestepagain
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another former #Republican VP (this one for #Bush Jr), Dick #Cheney, lays into #Trump
https://twitter.com/Liz_Cheney/status/1768744612363976869
he calls him out for what he is: *the* greatest danger to #American #democracy perhaps in all our history
#GOP
#Republicans
#rightwing
#redstates
#DJT
#dictator
#autocrat
#treason
#traitor
#insurrection
#sedition
#coup
#coupattempt
#Putin
#Russian
#puppet
#mafia
#criminal
#ManchurianCandidate
#ItCantHappenHere
#saboteur
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Fascinating article about the #V TV series on #VanityFair. It was inspired by a book called #ItCantHappenHere by #SinclairLewis. In the book, written in 1935, ‘United States is torn apart by a flamboyant blowhard politician who uses fearmongering and empty promises to the working class to win election before consolidating his power, shattering the traditions of governance, breaking any laws that constrain him, and stoking paranoia and division.’.
How unrealistic.
https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/05/the-v-files-legacy
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Greg Palast's Dec. 15 TruthDig article: "Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite."
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/is a real eye-opener. Kemp's and Raffensperger's hands stink of voter suppression. Most major US news sources reported a record voter turnout this time around--they all smell bad.
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Greg Palast's Dec. 15 TruthDig article: "Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite."
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/is a real eye-opener. Kemp's and Raffensperger's hands stink of voter suppression. Most major US news sources reported a record voter turnout this time around--they all smell bad.
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Greg Palast's Dec. 15 TruthDig article: "Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite."
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/is a real eye-opener. Kemp's and Raffensperger's hands stink of voter suppression. Most major US news sources reported a record voter turnout this time around--they all smell bad.
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Greg Palast's Dec. 15 TruthDig article: "Record Turnout in Georgia? Not Quite."
https://www.truthdig.com/articles/record-turnout-in-georgia-not-quite/is a real eye-opener. Kemp's and Raffensperger's hands stink of voter suppression. Most major US news sources reported a record voter turnout this time around--they all smell bad.
