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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
Post-Apocalypse Novel? Hell Yeah!
I am digging this book currently. I might not be digging the actual content between every page, another feminist novel is not a plus in my book, but if its post apocalyspse I'm in. i have always been drawn to that particular theme. Everyday when we are dicussing the commander and Offred actions or the situation that the fertile women have been put in, I am indulging myself with thoughts of how it got the world, and America got to be this way. I am aware of the great war, the bibles having some involvement in this war. Now apparently the Commanders have taken over America, as far as we know it does not reach past the American borders so I can assume there was a collapse of government and a shift in power and contorl in America. Now i would say it had to be somewhat planned out by the commanders because of the obvious sucess they had( You don't take over a country, certainly noty one like America with out some planning). This means that they would have to bring down democracy first. The easyiest and most effeint way to do that would be to first envoke fear and chaos, most easlily done with an grand act of terror, similar to 911 but all across the board. This would put the government into defense mode, all that matters is gaining control and matianing protection. This would make it easy to ease out of democracy and into more of a dictarorship. Next you would have to divide the people(united they stand divided they fall). You could do this through political manipulation, and desperation. Take away what people need and they will look for a side to fight on. Take away there money credit cards and bank accounts, and now you really have chaos. Next you must take out comminication. With cellphones and internet gone people cannot band together but must choose to follow one side for that is all they can organize. All that is left is the war, Get half the people behind you ,and simply kill, pilllage and starve the otherside till it submits. Take out food sources, commit atroucities to inspite fear, take away needed reasources(oil, clean water, ect.). Eventually the weak ones on the otherside will submit and the strong on the other side will die off. and there you have it, you just overthrew a great country and people and gained unlimited control and power, do with it what you will.
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Cool dude, you know how to take over the world!
ReplyDeleteBut do you think the novel is truly "post apocolypse"? do you really think the apocolypse is so sneaky? And also aren't we all supposed to die? It seems to me just a dramatic shift in human society. How does that succeed?
It almost feels like the Holocaust. Something afterward will be commented on like, How did we ever let that shit happen.
BTW stokedddd for the 'end of the world"
Austin,
ReplyDeleteI share Kelsey's admiration for your insights into how best to overthrow the government (I hope I wind up on your side after the fall!). Seriously, I'm glad that you've been able to look past the feminism (sorry) and find a point of entry into the novel. It get a little more twisted, so keep reading!