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It Can’t Happen Here by Sinclair Lewis

What would happen if a vain, outlandish, anti-immigrant, fear-mongering demagogue ran for presidency of the United States – and won? Written over 80 years ago, It Can't Happen Here, Sinclair Lewis’ cautionary tale of a fragile democracy under threat is a prescient reminder that it really can happen here.

It Can't Happen Here

My one ambition is to get all Americans to realize that they are, and must continue to be, the greatest Race on the face of this old Earth

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