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| ▲ | falcor84 17 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | cestith 16 hours ago | parent [-] | | 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. |
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| ▲ | y-curious 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | potato3732842 17 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| Quickly? They've been doing this stuff to anyone that dares cross them for as long as I've been alive. |
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| ▲ | encrux 16 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | bigfishrunning 15 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | 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. | |
| ▲ | macawfish 15 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Fair point. Just noting that we're in the middle of a blitz. |
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