Thus speaks Rod Serling introducing the 1961 Twilight Zone episode “The Obsolete Man,” a perfect encapsulation of Trump and his shock troops’ attempt to turn America into a nation of mindlessly obedient fascist foot soldiers.
“The Obsolete Man” dramatizes the Kafka-like prosecution of a librarian by a fascist tribunal. Unlike American fascists, however, this is not a Christian theocracy but a Societ-style atheistic one. All extremes meet.
A clip is included in Kim A. Snyder’s “The Librarians,” the must-see documentary chronicling library professionals who firewall against MAGA’s push to install censorship in our public schools.
In order for Trump’s fascism to succeed, tolerance and critical thinking must be expunged. American children must be become ignorant hate-ridden bigots.