Sinclair Lewis' 1935 novel 'It Can't Happen Here', for which he used real contemporary and historical trends/proclivities in the U.S. to construct the accession of a would-be autocratic populist to power:
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/shortcuts/2016/oct/09/it-cant-happen-here-1935-novel-sinclair-lewis-predicted-rise-donald-trump