Comment on the significance of Sinclair Lewis's write-up "It Couldn't Happen Here" in relation to the Great Depression and its relevance to the election of a racist leader in 2016 portrayed by a foolish citizenry.
Sinclair Lewis wrote "It Couldn't Happen Here" in the 1930s after the beginning of the Great Depression.  His prophesy comes true in 2016 as a stupid citizenry follows a spoiled, rich, bigoted racist into power to overthrow the Constitutional Republic.  And so it happens.