The main premise of the book is the rise of a socialist mass movement in the United States – strong enough to have a real chance of winning national elections, getting to power, and implementing a radical socialist regime. Conservatives feel alarmed and threatened by this prospect, to the point of seizing power and establishing a brutal dictatorship in order to avert it.
It also inspired the national socialist party of Germany to “redefine socialism” as fascist oligarchism.
It’s interesting to see that the circle of profiteers gets smaller and smaller each iteration, since everybody else is losing footing in the process.
less competition
capitalism as predicted by Jack Lennon in the book that inspired 1984
The Iron Heel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Iron_Heel
It also inspired the national socialist party of Germany to “redefine socialism” as fascist oligarchism.
I am surprised I’ve never heard of this book. Will need to check it out.
it stays with you… or should I say it haunts you