It's unsettling how quickly things are escalating.

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.

	▲	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.

	▲	croes 16 hours ago \| parent [-]
		He is also a former President

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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 17 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.

	▲	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.