A few years ago I read a book by American author and journalist Mary Holt Reinhart, who not only wrote great mystery novels but was a war correspondent on the front lines during World War I.
She made it very clear, in several novels as well as in her journalism, that many people in the US, both before and during World War I, were pro-Germany. As in, pro-Nazi.
Many, but not all, were workers, and they were led by agitators who either lied to them or fudged the truth.
Yes, that sounds a lot like what we're experiencing today. Not only in the US and canada, but in many countires around the world. Lie after lie.
I highly recommend Mary's autobiography about her experiences in Europe as a war correspondent - Kings, Queens, and Pawns: An American Woman at the Front.
