When you base your arguments on the fact that we are not literally living in @MargaretAtwood's novel, you're reframing deep and legitimate fears about our country's policies into a straw man argument that's easy to shrug off with patronizing dismissals.
I think it's possible to both understand this metaphorical usage, and to disagree with it. People tend to telescope a long progression into authoritarianism into just a few steps. What is happening in the US is quite early along a long path (which does not make it less alarming)
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We are well along the path.
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