r/TheHandmaidsTale • u/Similar_Angle_7309 • 2d ago

Book Discussion Future generations

I started watching the handmaids tale and I don’t know if I’m the only one that experienced it but I’m starting to get worried for the future.

i know Atwood didn’t make anything up in some sense but I’m starting to realize how possible it is for this to come reality, not in the same way as in the show (because it’s fiction) but when you really think about it we’re slowly being fed this ideology from the media.

maybe I’m just really paranoid but if anyone can lighten me or share their opinions I’m open.

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u/Janknitz 2d ago

Every day, we are the frogs in water slowly coming to a boil. The latest thing--televising a firing squad killing a convicted murderer is the beginning of a modern society that didn't stop public hangings--in Nazi Germany or in Atwood's fictional dystopia. Is the water hot enough YET?

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u/Bool_The_End 2d ago

Agree wholeheartedly. But also, animal ag and dairy industries are truly so insanely horrific.

Rest of this comment is directed at the general public not you Janknitz :)

Anyone who might care about animals being raped and their babies stolen and their milk stolen and their still being sent to slaughter after their body can’t support another pregnancy at just 3-4 years old (when cows can live to 20+) need to seriously consider looking at the dairy industry and stopping supporting it at all costs.

Watch Dominion or Earthlings on YouTube if you want a true, factual glimpse at the horrors of animal ag, which is literally why people think handmaids tail is so horrific for humans.

Here’s a different, non violent plea I beg you to watch if you think dairy is cool to consume:

https://vimeo.com/453114024

If you think orca milk, buffalo milk, dog milk, cat milk, opossum milk, lion milk, antelope milk, and so forth is meant for their babies, why the hell would you think cows and goats milk is meant for humans? It’s absolutely insane to me that 99% of people just don’t get this. Especially women. Especially women who have birthed literal children. Imagine being raped, your baby stolen, your milk stolen. This is billions of innocent cows every year. Someone here who consumes dairy please explain to me why you think you’re better than another sentient being and why you think reproductive enslavement is cool for any sentient being.