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I don't know if Handmaid's tale can be considered Dystopian because, frankly, it is not that scary for two mains reason: Firstly, it is completely unrealistic.
by projectramo 8y ago
I don't know if Handmaid's tale can be considered Dystopian because, frankly, it is not that scary for two mains reason:
Firstly, it is completely unrealistic. No one would separate a child from their parent in any world.
Secondly, the characters are unsympathetic. Sure something terrible happens to them but then you realize that they broke the law. Clearly, they are at fault for breaking the law.
- comstar 8y ago> No one would separate a child from their parent in any world. Is this sarcasm? We are literally less than a week off the tail of the US government doing literally this.
- CocaKoala 8y agoI'm pretty sure both of their points are sarcastic, yes.
- riku_iki 8y ago> No one would separate a child from their parent in any world. Except current US immigration policy..
- RightMillennial 8y ago> Except prior US policy for illegal border crossing due to disparate laws and judicial rulings. FTFY
- deadmetheny 8y agoIt astounds me that people get downvoted for the factual observation that illegally crossing the border is, in fact, illegal and results in deportation.
- riku_iki 8y agoBut topic is about subsequent parents and child separation, with putting children into foster care.
- hguant 8y agoWhich is what happens (or, should happen) to citizens who are criminals and endanger their child's life for familial gain.
- riku_iki 8y agoThey are forced to make these crimes not because of good life and equal access to opportunities, and likely want better future for their kids. It is very easy to look on those people from above sitting in office chair, empathy only distracts from first class citizen problems.
- zyxwvu 8y agoChildren shouldn't be placed into concentration camps. That should be the end of the argument.
- auntienomen 8y agoThe "crime" in question is a misdemeanor.
- zyxwvu 8y agoI think they (original comment) were referring to the recent activity of separating and detaining children on a large organized scale.
- raven105x 8y agoAfter fighting for a decade of my adult life to even get a green card, the corollary of "Sneak into our country and have sex here for free citizenship" is not appealing.
- j-c-hewitt 8y agoTry it in China and see what happens!
- jhauris 8y ago> No one would separate a child from their parent in any world. This was regularly done in the USSR for idealogical reasons. > but then you realize that they broke the law. I'm not familiar with the show, but the law isn't the ultimate arbiter of what you should do all the time. I think this should be obvious from history.
- richmarr 8y agoPresumably OP is satire, since parents are being separated from children by the current US administration.
- stronglikedan 8y agoAnd the previous few administrations as well, if we're being concise. (even if this entire comment thread is OT to begin with)
- dredmorbius 8y agoWhoosh!
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- nugget 8y ago>No one would separate a child from their parent in any world. I'm guessing very few HN readers have exposure to this, but Child Protective Services removes hundreds of children per week from their parents and sends them into foster care. Usually for the justifiable health and welfare of the child, but sometimes for very controversial reasons that the public does not support. So there is precedent already that society can, and does, exercise this power. There are about half a million kids in the US foster care system at any point in time.