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''It Can't Happen Here'' was a [[1935]] novel by American writer [[Sinclair Lewis]].  It deals with a fictional [[U.S. President]], Buzz Windrip, elected in [[1936]].  Windrip turned the United States into a [[facist]] dictatorship, by playing upon citizens' fear of an imaginary [[Communist]] threat.  Lewis demonstrates how easily a tyrant could grab and hold power in America:
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'''''It Can't Happen Here''''' was a [[1935]] novel by American writer [[Sinclair Lewis]].  It deals with a fictional [[U.S. President]], Buzz Windrip, elected in [[1936]].  Windrip turned the United States into a [[facist]] dictatorship, by playing upon citizens' fear of an imaginary [[Communist]] threat.  Lewis demonstrates how easily a tyrant could grab and hold power in America:
    
*Condemning [[liberals]] and other opponents for their lack of [[patriotism]]
 
*Condemning [[liberals]] and other opponents for their lack of [[patriotism]]
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