Read “It Can’t Happen Here” by Sinclair Lewis. If you won’t read that, read the Wikipedia. If you won’t read that, read these screenshots. If you won’t read that, it *can* happen here.
Wikipedia...
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Subverting legislative branch
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Subverting judicial branch
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Demonizing the press
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Distorting religion
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Advocating *us* vs *them*
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Dehumanizing *them*
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Encouraging violence against *them*
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Subjugating women
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Debasing the military
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Promoting war
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Dissidence crackdowns
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Chastising *all* dissent
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Vote suppression
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Dark money
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Poor favoritism economics
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Foreign Influence
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Nepotism
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Separating families
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Propaganda
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Dividing families
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Political submissiveness
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Escalation of threats
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Attacks on first amendment
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Misinformation
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Votes threatened
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Appropriating history
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Weapon Proliferation
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(SA
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(SA
Targeting LGBTQ
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Siding with murderous dictators
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Rise in Anti-Semitism
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Inflammatory claims of treason
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Global rise in fascism
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Court packing
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Public funds drain
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Disinformation
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Radicalization
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Conspiracy theories
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Faltering traditions
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Vilify humanitarian aid
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Further debasing the military
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Active Measures
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Concentration Camps
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Investigate the Investigators
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Graft
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State TV
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Unfavorable media deemed treason
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Political assassinations
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Transparency Failures
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Nurembergesque Rallies
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Manipulating Science
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Abdication of responsibility
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Increasingly aggressive militias
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State sponsored terror
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Politicization of National Holidays
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Really Politicizing National Holidays
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Deceptive Free Speech Arguments
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Claims of divinity
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(Minute 1:35)
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(Minute 1:35)
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Discrediting “hostile” journalists
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SCOTUS targeting immigrants
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Commercializing violence
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Radicalizing youth
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