> creating a sentient species to showcase genetic options for sale to parents", That is barely wrong at all (is it even worse than animal experimentation) > c

> creating a sentient species to showcase genetic options for sale to parents", That is barely wrong at all (is it even worse than animal experimentation) > creation of a designer drug for those outside the wall with a secret side effect of sterility to address population concerns" How is that their agenda? It's mostly governments'/people's agenda that they are implementing, just like cheap food. > ruined by over extraction and commercialism It was ruined by deus ex machina in the most unbelievable way, that was my original point. Atwood obviously doesn't like the idea of such a society - both a very efficient, very meritocratic elite catering to society's whims and being amply rewarded for it; and the common people acting out their actual preferences. My impression is that she's part of a large "idea space" that thinks that, more or less, elites should rule but altruistically, and the proles should be told what's best for them. In process of creating a "dystopia" of the opposites, she created an utopia in my view. And then she couldn't even credibly destroy it!