Looking back at Hungary’s authoritarian rule, Octavia Butler helps us understand why such people rise to power and why the resistance we saw in the Hungarian people can be effective.
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Octavia Butler and Hungary’s Liberation
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Butler’s 1998 Sci-Fi Novel Predicted Trump
Black sci-fi author Octavia Butler predicted Donald Trump through her depiction of a rightwing demagogue in her 1998 novel “Parable of the Talents.” Her figure even promises to “make America great again.”
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