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Soph0571

(9,685 posts) Sun May 26, 2019, 07:11 AM May 2019

It is almost like they have used them as an instruction manual...

Heh

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It is almost like they have used them as an instruction manual... (Original Post) Soph0571 May 2019 OP

We get to relive history I guess, watoos May 2019 #1

About Handmaid's Tale, MA said that everything in it had a historical basis catrose May 2019 #2

watoos

(7,142 posts)

1. We get to relive history I guess,

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 07:23 AM

May 2019

what it was like to live through Nazi Germany. I don't hear many people asking the question, how could they allow it to happen?

I'm waiting for the Reichstag fire in the U.S. then Trump can declare martial law.

catrose

(5,065 posts)

2. About Handmaid's Tale, MA said that everything in it had a historical basis

Reply to Soph0571 (Original post)

Sun May 26, 2019, 08:25 AM

May 2019

It happened somewhere at some time. She didn't want to be accused of making up wild and crazy stuff.

Welcome to Gilead.

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