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posttexasstressdisorder: lovepaul7186:maxmovies-n-games2:sidskywrote: imall4frogs: mckitterick: I can’t quite put my finger on it, but this feels vaguely relevant… Read the full text of It Can’t Happen Here on Project Gutenberg: X Have I ever hit “reblog” so fast? No. I read this last year. In the world of a book, Buzz Windrip was also famous for “writing” a book on his life/philosophy, which was actually ghost-written by one of his closest aides. He uses the 1935 equivalent of radio shock-jocks to stir up his base, tries to keep his political opposition under house arrest, demonizes Mexico, and tricks the Evangelical movement into believing he’s a savior. He turns his most devout supporters into a loyal militia. Corruption abounds. There’s more. It’s an eerie read for this moment in history, but one definitely worth the time. Hits the bullseye dead center !! ( note find this book !!) Every Socialist should read this book. Great book by a great author. Here’s where the old fart chimes in with “We read it in high school English class”…and now, they teach how to take a standardized test and little to nothing else. Make Public Schools Great Again, dammit! For real. Bring back the curriculum that taught us how to be in the world. It wasn’t that long ago, for fuck’s sake! The goddamn Dominionist Evangelical scum want us all living in the fucking Dark Ages forever. We cannot allow these brain-dead mental defectives to dictate the curricula in our Public Schools! -- source link