The latest person to make this observation was none other than Hillary Clinton herself.

“What a time it is to be holding this centennial.

She then went on to elaborate on her reference, tempering the bleakness it implied.

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“InThe Handmaid’s Tale, women’s rights are gradually, slowly stripped away.

As one character says, ‘We didn’t look up from our phones until it was too late.’

She added: “To paraphrase Margaret Atwood, ‘We can never let them grind us down.'”

It’s far healthier than screaming at your televisions.”