The Handmaid’s Tale is the most horrific thing I have ever seen

While I started watching the show and like it, I don't really think its timely or realistic for the united states at least. The only timely comparisons I see are in the middle east currently.

I find myself leaning towards McArdle's article here. https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-04-25/no-the-ha...

A pretty good discussion here, that gave me food for thought. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14227241

Seems similar to Angel One episode from star trek, but with the genders reversed. It also include the concept of one gender being designated for reproductive use which the dominating gender exclusively decide over, and the idea of executing those individuals that disagree. The only thing it didn't have was the homophobic aspects.

> the hurt of watching this series eventually results in something great.

As an alternative, you could read the news every day.

From the Wikipedia plot summary it doesn't seem much different from what currently happens in countries like Saudi Arabia.

If you changed the roles and cast women/blacks/jews as the oppressors I suspect the condemnation would be absolute. Why is it ok to bash men?

"The Handmaid’s Tale is the most horrific thing I have ever seen" - Someone who's never seen Threads.