when peeps ask, how could the germans elect hitler knowing what he said about jews, about marginalized peeps.

goebbels knew how to appeal to the dominant white majority who felt victimized by the world after ww1 & needed convenient scapegoats to blame.

when peeps ask how atwood could write a gilead & how could a gilead come into being?

this is how.

it's the serena joys of the world.

it's all in the book. parallels to how we are & who we are & why we do what we do.