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I think you just misunderstand the sentence. It describes the setting of the novel.

Yes I know that, but it confirms that it is now a realistic scenario for her. But as I said, my information was from her comments on "Handmaids Tale" demonstrations she made on Twitter, which she made before publishing the novel.

I think you are fundamentally misunderstanding the meaning and purpose of speculative fiction.

Again - I was referring to her tweets, commenting on the real US. Not her fiction.

There were demonstrations inspired by her fiction. In the real world. She commented on those.

Since then she has released a whole book about the US becoming a handmaid's tale world. That book is fiction. Here Twitter comments before that were not. They refer to the real world.

So it is just the (alleged) twitter comment which you consider political flamebait?

I didn't consider ti flamebait, I considered it ridiculous. Not just one Twitter comment.

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