On page 87 in Lewis', "It Can't Happen Here," Buzz goes through his fifteen points he is running on. We discusses why people would have voted for Buzz. He claimed that he would give $5,000 to everyone who works hard in the country. This would increase the blue collar workers, lower class, and middle class. He also promised to tax the rich, which would in turn help him out with the lower class votes. In a fascism type government the votes were bought. Windrip was basically buying votes, Lewis wants to make this seem like a fascists type government in its early stages.
When "Buzz" Windrip was running he seemed like a common man that could relate to the ordinary people in America. He could be there voice if elected president and Buzz ran on this type of campaign. Little did the citizens know that he would eventually gut the Bill of Rights and send his militia the Minute Men to set up his fascist government. He seemed to be a regular guy, very personable, and reasonable to the people. This would quickly change once he was elected. This is what the title of this book hints at, the unaware Americas that can never see this happening in here.
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