Here we find out more about Moira and more about the coup that took down the US government. All the automation that had been taking place seems to have made it easier for a new government to take over. Offred is working in a library, digitizing books which would then be destroyed. She would put the digitized version of the books on disks. Disks (alternately spelled “discs”) were just being used for computers, and information being digitized, in the 1980s when Atwood wrote the novel. So she had quite a bit of foresight. (The narrator also plays with the word “disc” here. The women were “discers'' and the library they now termed a “discotheque.” In the 1970s and 80s, there were clubs where younger people would go to dance called “discotheques.” In any event, Atwood could see where society was going as books are now digitized. Also in the 80s, credit cards were just beginning to be used and eventually, not until the 90s I think, they were used at grocery stores. (I remember news reports at the time talking about...