Indeed, these past few years have really recontextualized The Handmaid's Tale for me from an alternative history fantasy to an almost run of the mill "20 minutes into the future" fiction.
Atwood didn’t write it as a possible dystopian future. Every facet of the story takes place somewhere in the world right now. She has pointed this out herself on social media.
I'm not sure this has anything to do with the current president. This type of cowboy judge shit has been happening for decades, we just rarely hear about it.
It's unsettling how quickly things are escalating.
Indeed, these past few years have really recontextualized The Handmaid's Tale for me from an alternative history fantasy to an almost run of the mill "20 minutes into the future" fiction.
Atwood didn’t write it as a possible dystopian future. Every facet of the story takes place somewhere in the world right now. She has pointed this out herself on social media.
I'm not sure this has anything to do with the current president. This type of cowboy judge shit has been happening for decades, we just rarely hear about it.
He is also a former President
Quickly? They've been doing this stuff to anyone that dares cross them for as long as I've been alive.
Nothing about this was quick. 2015 was the first time we had an increase in authoritarianism in the public debate.
Project 2025 was announced in 2023.
The patriot act was a pretty major increase in authoritarianism in 2001. We've been on this particular slippery slope since the start of the cold war.
Fair point. Just noting that we're in the middle of a blitz.
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