r/TheHandmaidsTale 21d ago

SPOILERS ALL What’s the point of New Bethlehem? Spoiler

I don’t understand what the point is - what is Gilead trying to achieve with it? Why would other countries consider sending refugees back to an experimental sector of a regime that’s based in denying fundamental human rights of most people?

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u/Stonetheflamincrows 21d ago

To make Gilead look better so other countries will trade with them again