@acontributor said:

That would explain a lot actually. This show isn't very realistic at all. I know that totalitarian regimes take over all the time. I'm not talking about that. This show is just unrealistic in so many ways. And June is a sociopath.

I agree, it's not realistic. If this would really happen, whole world would attack them. Heck, they didn't even conquer whole USA, just some states. And in TV show they are still at war and Canada says Gilead is very powerful country, lol... But anyway, it's still intense and interesting TV show and I'm quite enjoying watching it, however 3rd season was a bit slow to be honest, nothing much happened, only last few episodes had some tense.

Not being realistic simply means it is not something 'expected' or 'likely', it does not mean it WILL NOT happen, unexpected and unlikely things happen ALL THE TIME. The writers of THT are CLEAR to include several scenes where the Handmaids and Marthas discuss how they saw the signs beforehand but ignored them until it was too late. We have examples of authoritarian and restrictive societies both in our histories and currently. No one is waging war against Saudi Arabia (well at least not to free the oppressed minorities and women there). Instead of relying on a perhaps mistaken sense of complacency, how about we consider how the Rule of Law is currently being challenged and how silent the majority of people are?

I am not a religious person but I have never seen the "under his eye" mantra in THT as a suggestion that any specific religion or any combination of religious would likely be the cause or the foundation of such an authoritarian regime. Haven't read the book but I don't see any priests or the like in Gilead. Rather, it is the 'fundamentalism' which many religious extremists practice that the show seems to be suggesting is being copied by the powers in Gilead, to keep everyone in line.

June a sociopath? Not sure I would go that far. Yes, her moral compass has been adjusted however it still bends towards the greater societal good. She is still the heroine of the story.

Not being realistic simply means it is not something 'expected' or 'likely', it does not mean it WILL NOT happen, unexpected and unlikely things happen ALL THE TIME.

Well, Donald Trump is president.