Forgiving the Tyrants, Thoughts on The Handmaiden's Tale. At some point in humanity's journey from caveman to modern man, and woman, we passed through a long phase that could rightly be called the Age of the Tyrants. It was an era when the idiom - Might Makes Right - was accepted by all, seemingly. It was understood that if you were blessed with physical power and family power, wealth and influence, then God had blessed you. You ruled because you were better, chosen. Not because your ancestors were bloody pirates. These tyrants forced the common people to farm for them, keep their cattle, fight in their wars, worship their Gods, surrender their goods, which sometimes included their wives and children. But the tyrants were also subject to greater tyrants. No one was free. Even monarchs had to fear treason within his family and governors, and violence from his neighbors. No one was free, but worse, it was a greedy, rapist tyranny we all endured. We all participated in as w...
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