I once saw a review on Youtube of The Handmaid's Tale that said it was totally unbelievable because "women would have resisted" and "other countries would have intervened." Um... have you seen what happened in totalitarian societies in history? Have you seen what other countries do when countries turn into oppressive hellscapes today? I'll give you a hint, reviewer: most of the time, other countries do fuck all to intervene.

I've noticed a trend where people approach activism as though it's their opportunity to live out their personal Mockingjay fantasy, which is so not what effective activism is about and also a misreading of The Hunger Games, because Katniss didn't set out to be this heroic figure, it was a largely a persona created for her for propaganda purposes.