Open Left

Yup. There's a reason why "it can't happen here" was written in the 30s.

Sinclair Lewis wasn't only transporting the rise of the Nazi movement into the US, he could dig into more than sufficient evidence of similar populist extremism in the US in the past years. And he obviously used this for his book. That's what actually makes his story so believable.

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by: Gray @ Tue Jan 26, 2010 at 08:19:31 AM CST