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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:

'''''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 [[fascist]] 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]]

*Arresting suspected [[insurgent]]s and placing them in [[concentration camps]]

*Arresting suspected [[insurgent]]s and placing them in [[concentration camps]]

*Outlawing [[habeas corpus]] for anyone the government suspects of being an enemy combantant, and allowing forms of [[torture]]

*Outlawing [[habeas corpus]] for anyone the government suspects of being an enemy combatant, and allowing forms of [[torture]]

*Declaring [[martial law]], and keeping citizens in line with a gang of thugs known as the [[Minute Men]]

*Declaring [[martial law]], and keeping citizens in line with a gang of thugs known as the [[Minute Men]]

*Crushing of [[civil rights]], especially those of minorities

*Crushing of [[civil rights]], especially those of minorities