{"product_id":"it-cant-happen-here-sinclair-lewis-hardcover","title":"It Can't Happen Here -- Sinclair Lewis, Hardcover","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIt Can't Happen Here\u003c\/em\u003e. Are we so sure? Many would suggest that it certainly \u003cem\u003ecould\u003c\/em\u003e happen 'here, ' which is precisely the point that Sinclair Lewis was making when he wrote this book in 1935. This, incidentally, was still a few years before the worst fears would unfold in Germany, giving the book a somewhat prophetic flair. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on the American Democrat, Huey Long, it has been, despite that, often been associated with 'right wing' movements. This is ironic, as only a few years later it would be the Democrat FDR that would put American-Japanese citizens into concentration camps using 'emergency powers, ' much as the book's protagonist, Berzelius Windrip, was portrayed as doing, after \u003cem\u003ebeating\u003c\/em\u003e FDR in 1936. In case you miss the irony: the real-life FDR actually did what the fictional Windrip was portrayed as doing!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe long history of abandoning civil rights using emergency powers was reprised more recently during the COVID pandemic, when Western nations and individual US states, ostensibly 'democracies, ' nonetheless invoked emergency powers to enact all sorts of authoritarian measures.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThus, when pondering whether or not 'it can happen here' (which all assume it can) we are perhaps left with a more intriguing question: Why hasn't it happened here? And then, once this has been answered, work to ensure that the factors that have prevented a full-blown authoritarian regime from materializing in the United States are retained and strengthened.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Sinclair Lewis\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Suzeteo Enterprises\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublished:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9\/23\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 260\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/strong\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.12 lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.21\" H x 6.14\" L x 0.81\" W\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9781645941644\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Flowerburst LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49534991401264,"sku":"9781645941644","price":33.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2712\/8368\/files\/9781645941644_a4a87db6-2692-488e-aebc-7526bf0cc157.jpg?v=1774932016","url":"https:\/\/flowerburst.co\/products\/it-cant-happen-here-sinclair-lewis-hardcover","provider":"Flowerburst","version":"1.0","type":"link"}