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liberalnarb

(4,532 posts) Thu Aug 11, 2016, 01:05 PM Aug 2016

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Just started reading "1984".

The rise of The Trumpenfuher makes the book a lot more realistic and WAY scarier. The "Two Minutes Hate" part is frighteningly similar to tRumps "Second Amendment comment"

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Just started reading "1984". (Original Post) liberalnarb Aug 2016 OP

A more relevant book would be "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis. Brickbat Aug 2016 #1

Agreed. SwissTony Aug 2016 #4

I started to re-read it when bush was in office and I couldn't. It was too depressing and on the shraby Aug 2016 #2

I don't think Trump could organise as ruthless a regime as Big Brother muriel_volestrangler Aug 2016 #3

Brickbat

(19,339 posts)

1. A more relevant book would be "It Can't Happen Here" by Sinclair Lewis.

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 01:11 PM

Aug 2016

SwissTony

(2,560 posts)

4. Agreed.

Reply to Brickbat (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 02:22 PM

Aug 2016

It's available as a Project Gutenberg book.

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html

shraby

(21,946 posts)

2. I started to re-read it when bush was in office and I couldn't. It was too depressing and on the

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 01:36 PM

Aug 2016

mark.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,322 posts)

3. I don't think Trump could organise as ruthless a regime as Big Brother

Reply to liberalnarb (Original post)

Thu Aug 11, 2016, 02:20 PM

Aug 2016

I think you'd be looking at far more chaos, with more split-personality changes from The Leader. Think, perhaps, Uganda under Idi Amin.

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