American democracy is in dire peril. Enraged at the establishment’s cowardly response to external threats, a megalomaniac demagogue rides a wave of popular support, appearing before a series of fervently attended political rallies. He threatens to oust an old, sickly, unpopular president, and seize power. Once in control, he clearly means to rule as a strongman.
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World War II was rife with tactical air raids and the indiscriminate destruction of civilian lives. It took years for the Allied Powers and their supporters to have second thoughts about their vicious tactics.