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If anything the Handmaid's Tale is a cautionary tale of moral progressivism acting for the 'greater good.'
Framed as religious Puritanism, the setting is a world where a mysterious illness has sterilized a huge percentage of the world's population.
Framed as religious Puritanism, the setting is a world where a mysterious illness has sterilized a huge percentage of the world's population.
A sect of religious extremists overthrow the government through terrorism and decide to enslave fertile women to ensure the future of humanity.
That's the 'greater good' backdrop alongside a moral conviction that society must be fundamentally reformed.
That's the 'greater good' backdrop alongside a moral conviction that society must be fundamentally reformed.
After taking over the US government, they systematically kill all dissidents and anyone who threatens their new grand society.
After establishing a monolithic culture free of dissent, they organize society by classes with strict rules and privileges.
After establishing a monolithic culture free of dissent, they organize society by classes with strict rules and privileges.
The handmaids are fertile women who are sent to the homes of the influential highest social class to bare the household a child.
Over time, however, even those who built this new society begin to regret the loss of freedom they once thought was the source of pain and suffering.
Over time, however, even those who built this new society begin to regret the loss of freedom they once thought was the source of pain and suffering.
The moral of the story is the consequences of ideological fundamentalists imposing their version of morality onto everyone only to find their ideal society is oppressive, even to them.
It is a direct reflection of progressivism.
It is a direct reflection of progressivism.
The left can't see this because its framed within a concept of Christian theocracy which caters to their social prejudices.
All they see is their own narrow view of Christian bigotry and the imaginary threat of Evangelicals in power.
But absent of this, it is *their* worldview.
All they see is their own narrow view of Christian bigotry and the imaginary threat of Evangelicals in power.
But absent of this, it is *their* worldview.
Everything from their demands to control information, only the men can read and reading material is heavily controlled, to enslaving others for the greater good of humanity.
Everything in the show is what the left today demands routinely. Only the character classes change.
Everything in the show is what the left today demands routinely. Only the character classes change.
Gays are hunted and hung from a wall in public. So are Catholics, scientists and other influences.
Exactly how the left positions their desire to remove conservatives they label as 'white supremacists' or 'militias' or those endangering society with misinformation or hate.
Exactly how the left positions their desire to remove conservatives they label as 'white supremacists' or 'militias' or those endangering society with misinformation or hate.
The exclusive upper class controls everything and has the most luxury. The average people are housed separately and wear grey clothes performing labor.
Just like the left sees middle America when they whine about our influence in politics.
Just like the left sees middle America when they whine about our influence in politics.
The Handmaid's Tale is a fantasy of leftwing paranoia of what the Christian Right would do if given enough power, but as is typical it only reflects what they wish they could do if only they could get that power first.
