'The Handmaid's Tale': A deeper look at the chillingly prescient second season

The nation fell fast and right under everyone's noses. There were warnings, of course, but they were hard to hear over the noise generated by partisan rancor, bully-pulpit politics and the sound of red herrings being tossed around when things got really hot.

And to be fair, it's not as if people were paying that close of attention. In fact a large percentage of the electorate never even bothered to vote. But that apathy turned to concern once they saw their new government ripping children away from their mothers and sending them