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[[category:fictional examples]]{{seedling}}[[Nehemiah Scudder]] is the fictional President (2012-2015) and First Prophet (2016-?) of the United States of America in Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" series. Sometime during Scudder's first term, he succeeds in converting the US from a democracy into a religious dictatorship ([[theocracy]]). The original Scudder story ("If This Goes On...") was written in 1940, with several other references dating as late as 1987 (in Heinlein's last published novel, ''To Sail Beyond the Sunset''). | [[category:fictional examples]]{{seedling}}[[Nehemiah Scudder]] is the fictional President (2012-2015) and First Prophet (2016-?) of the United States of America in Robert A. Heinlein's "Future History" series. Sometime during Scudder's first term, he succeeds in converting the US from a democracy into a religious dictatorship ([[theocracy]]). The original Scudder story ("If This Goes On...") was written in 1940, with several other references dating as late as 1987 (in Heinlein's last published novel, ''To Sail Beyond the Sunset''). | ||
| − | Many people, especially [[rationalism|rationalists]], see [[ | + | Many people, especially [[rationalism|rationalists]], see [[Barack Obama]]'s presidency as veering dangerously towards a potential Scudder-like scenario. |
===Origins=== | ===Origins=== | ||
Heinlein's concept of Nehemiah Scudder may have had its origins in such characters as President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip in the novel ''[[wikipedia:It Can't Happen Here|It Can't Happen Here]]'' by Sinclair Lewis. Windrip is believed to have been based on any of a number of real people, however, and Heinlein may have drawn from similar sources. | Heinlein's concept of Nehemiah Scudder may have had its origins in such characters as President Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip in the novel ''[[wikipedia:It Can't Happen Here|It Can't Happen Here]]'' by Sinclair Lewis. Windrip is believed to have been based on any of a number of real people, however, and Heinlein may have drawn from similar sources. | ||