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  1. @ubuntourist
    I looked it up to verify.

    While the words appear in Chapter 9 of "It Can't Happen Here", it's actually a combined edit of several lines describing the character across multiple paragraphs.
    (Still dead-on though.)

    It even mentions the future president speaking at the "Y.M.H.A" (predecessor to the #YMCA.) 😆
    #SinclairLewis
    gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301

  2. 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
    mastodon.acm.org/@CerstinMahlo

  3. 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.

    vanityfair.com/hollywood/2023/

  4. spacex rocket explosion (rapid unscheduled dissassembly) is a success
    ---corporate media

    WAR IS PEACE
    FREEDOM IS SLAVERY
    IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
    ---Orwell's Ministry of Truth

    Imagine the headlines and news articles if this had been a government (NASA) launch rather than a privatized corporate one

    #SPACEX #STARSHIP #MUSK #ORWELL #1984 #SINCLAIRLEWIS #CORPOS