I hope that the TV version of "The Plot Against America" is better than the book was. I'm a big fan of alternate history fiction and so was excited when the book came out. But after I read it, what I was left with was disgust.
Note that spoilers to the book follow.
In the book Lindbergh and his fellow fascist sympathizers take power and start changing the U.S. for the worse, including getting friendly with Nazi Germany. What I objected to strongly in the book is that when Lindbergh is eventually taken out, we hold a special election, put FDR back in place, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor behind schedule, the U.S. goes into WWII and somehow everything turns out exactly the way it would have without the Lindbergh detour into fascism.
And that sent a horrible message, which is that it's ultimately not that big of a deal if we flirt with fascism -- because if we don't like it, we can fix the consequences quickly and won't suffer lasting harm.
Reality is very different. If Trump were gone tomorrow, the United States would take years to dig out from the damage he's done in less than three months. The damage doesn't just go away when the bad person leaves office.
While I won't comment on the literary merits of the book, as alternate history it was terrible.
Welllllll….I watched the you tube of the mayoral campaign in which Booker did not prevail. I STILL SEE A PRESIDENT.
While living in Texas at the time of the race (living there was the biggest mistake of my life), I had previously lived in the Philly suburbs and west Philadelphia for the longest I had lived anywhere. Sooooo, any news of the contest would catch my attention. Believe you me, it even made it to TX which was slightly more sane back then. Corruption in TX was more evident on local levels much like the video depicts for Newark.
My behavior, language and general disrespect for all people has declined since the orange turd has nationalized corruption, greed and grift. This documentary displays this on a local level showing a corrupt black mayor of Newark who has passed his sell by date but has managed to become rich off the backs of black people who he then turns on each other and white people to boot. My takeaway is, you learn what you receive.
I think white people are finally learning what it is like to be abused, downtrodden, taken advantage of (duped by a flim flam man and a gang of thieves - SCOTUS, Federalist society, oligarchs and general chicken shit), cuckolded, bullied, falsely accused and brainwashed.
Many of the great potential Democratic and democratic leaders emerging are white; however, the ones who have lived our current experience all their lives are black. JUST SAYIN’. Watch the film. It is bittersweet and powerful.
Mr. Booker
Thank you for doing SOMETHING. It's good to know you're out there.
I hope that the TV version of "The Plot Against America" is better than the book was. I'm a big fan of alternate history fiction and so was excited when the book came out. But after I read it, what I was left with was disgust.
Note that spoilers to the book follow.
In the book Lindbergh and his fellow fascist sympathizers take power and start changing the U.S. for the worse, including getting friendly with Nazi Germany. What I objected to strongly in the book is that when Lindbergh is eventually taken out, we hold a special election, put FDR back in place, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor behind schedule, the U.S. goes into WWII and somehow everything turns out exactly the way it would have without the Lindbergh detour into fascism.
And that sent a horrible message, which is that it's ultimately not that big of a deal if we flirt with fascism -- because if we don't like it, we can fix the consequences quickly and won't suffer lasting harm.
Reality is very different. If Trump were gone tomorrow, the United States would take years to dig out from the damage he's done in less than three months. The damage doesn't just go away when the bad person leaves office.
While I won't comment on the literary merits of the book, as alternate history it was terrible.
All I will say is that the series, while faithful to the book in many respects, ends in a very different way!
Thank you for that information.
Twenty-five hours without a bathroom break - wow! As someone who’s struggling with prostate issues, I’m in awe of that performance.
Point of correction: The Wire was set in Baltimore, not Newark.
Welllllll….I watched the you tube of the mayoral campaign in which Booker did not prevail. I STILL SEE A PRESIDENT.
While living in Texas at the time of the race (living there was the biggest mistake of my life), I had previously lived in the Philly suburbs and west Philadelphia for the longest I had lived anywhere. Sooooo, any news of the contest would catch my attention. Believe you me, it even made it to TX which was slightly more sane back then. Corruption in TX was more evident on local levels much like the video depicts for Newark.
My behavior, language and general disrespect for all people has declined since the orange turd has nationalized corruption, greed and grift. This documentary displays this on a local level showing a corrupt black mayor of Newark who has passed his sell by date but has managed to become rich off the backs of black people who he then turns on each other and white people to boot. My takeaway is, you learn what you receive.
I think white people are finally learning what it is like to be abused, downtrodden, taken advantage of (duped by a flim flam man and a gang of thieves - SCOTUS, Federalist society, oligarchs and general chicken shit), cuckolded, bullied, falsely accused and brainwashed.
Many of the great potential Democratic and democratic leaders emerging are white; however, the ones who have lived our current experience all their lives are black. JUST SAYIN’. Watch the film. It is bittersweet and powerful.