'''''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:
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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 [[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]]