“That was when they suspended the Constitution. They said it would be temporary. There wasn't even any rioting in the streets. People stayed home at night, watching television, looking for some direction. There wasn't even an enemy you could put your finger on.”
Margaret Atwood, The Handmaid’s Tale

There is a particular passage from The Handmaid's Tale that has haunted me since my first read as a freshman in HS and hits infinitely closer now.