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If only they look up the truth about Handmaid's tale history it's Theoracracy Deranged leftists dressed as handmaids are spending their day flipping off Trump Tower in NYCSo stunning and brave. Keep up this cringey bullsht, liberals! I’m sure you’re winning over a TON of Americans with this stuff 🤣Side note: it's fictional theocracy bullshit "Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale provides one of the most famous fictional examples of a theocracy in modern literature. In the story, the "Republic of Gilead" is a totalitarian state that overthrows the United States government and replaces the Constitution with a radical, fundamentalist interpretation of the Old Testament.​Here is how Gilead functions as a theocratic system:​1. Governance by "Divine Right"​In Gilead, there is no distinction between religious law and civil law. The government is run by a group called the Sons of Jacob, who believe they are restoring God’s intended order.​The Commanders: High-ranking men who serve as both military and political leaders. Their authority is framed as being ordained by God.​The Eyes: A secret police force that acts as the "Eyes of God," ensuring total surveillance and religious compliance.​2. Scripture as Legal Code​Gilead uses specific biblical passages to justify its most extreme policies.​The Ceremony: The state-sanctioned ritual of rape is "justified" using the story of Rachel and Leah from Genesis, where fertile handmaids were used to bear children for high-ranking families.​Biblical Lexis: Daily language is strictly controlled. People greet each other with "Blessed be the fruit" and "Under His Eye." This reinforces the idea that God is the ultimate witness to every action.​Heresy: Disagreeing with the state is not just a crime; it is "heresy." Doctors, priests of other denominations (like Catholics or Baptists), and LGBTQ+ individuals (labeled "Gender Traitors") are executed because their existence contradicts Gilead’s specific theology.​3. Social Hierarchy (The Caste System)​Theocracy in Gilead is used to enforce a rigid social hierarchy based on a "divine" purpose:​Handmaids: Forcibly assigned to Commanders to bear children. They wear red, symbolizing the "blood of the covenant" and fertility.​Wives: The highest-ranking women, dressed in blue (associated with the Virgin Mary), who manage the household but have no legal rights.​Marthas: Domestic servants named after Martha in the New Testament, who was known for her service and housework.​4. Control of Literacy​One of the most effective tools of this theocracy is the ban on female literacy. By forbidding women to read or write, the state ensures they cannot read the Bible for themselves. This allows the Commanders to "cherry-pick" or even invent scripture to keep the population submissive.​Atwood's "Rule": Margaret Atwood famously stated that she did not include anything in the book that hadn't already happened at some point in human history. Gilead is a "collage" of historical theocracies, from the 17th-century American Puritans to the modern Iranian Revolution.​Would you like to compare Gilead to a real-world historical theocracy, or explore how the TV show differs from the original book's depiction of religion?