Extreme Danger to our Democracy
It can’t happen here. But it has. This is a post about two Sinclairs. The first is Sinclair Lewis. In 1935, this Sinclair wrote a landmark satire, It Can’t Happen Here . Goodreads describes the book thusly, “ . . . It Can't Happen Here is a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depression when America was largely oblivious to Hitler's aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a President who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, rampant promiscuity, crime, and a liberal press.” The second Sinclair is the Sinclair Broadcast Group. In a chilling example of authoritarian group-speak, a deadspin.com story broke big over the April 1 st weekend. The title says it all, “How America's Largest Local TV Owner Turned Its News Anchors Into Soldiers In Trump's War On The Media”....