@HeerJeet I retweeted a thread today abt this, but the main difference btwn THT and Mad Max is rebellion, not circumstance.
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Replying to @rainaftersnopls @HeerJeet
Both are set in violent, post-apocalyptic patriarchies. THT is about what happens when men prefer fascism to chaos.
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Replying to @rainaftersnopls @HeerJeet
When people say THT is only better if you're a man, that's what they mean. At least in Mad Max, someone is fighting back.
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In the context of analogy, point is Trump much likelier to start nuclear war.
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Then your comparison falls apart on its face. In THT, nuclear war is the final impetus for establishing Gilead.
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And that wasn't your point anyway. Your original point was that given a choice, THT's destruction of rights is easier to undo than Mad Max's
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My point was Trump was more likely to start a nuclear war, which would do damage impossible to undo (as against Pence's remaking of laws)
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Replying to @HeerJeet
Then you shouldn't have used The Handmaid's Tale as an alternate reality, frankly.
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Replying to @rainaftersnopls
Both analogies were imperfect, as analogies tend to be. Dr. Strangelove vs. Hunger Games might have worked better.
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The analogies were fine, just not for the point you were trying to make. The countless women in your thread were trying to tell you that.
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I'll admit I still don't understand the argument that world where +99% of humanity is killed is the more desirable outcome.
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