People are happy; they get what they want, and they never want what they can't get. They're well off; they're safe; they're never ill; they're not afraid of death; they're blissfully ignorant of passion and old age they're so conditioned that they practically can't help behaving as they ought to behave. And if anything should go wrong, there's soma (Huxley 220). Essentially, the controller makes the point that if no one ever experiences pain, suffering, worry, heartbreak, or sadness, everyone must be incredibly happy. The idea of this society theoretically fits the mold of a Utopia because there are not any deeply rooted issues or discontented citizens. Where this utopia breaks down however, is when it is compared to life outside of the World State. This society has given up beautiful things like high art and critical thinking to be perpetually happy, but true happiness can only come when you know pain and suffering so that the good things in life can be that much sweeter. Even Though the World State seems to have created the perfect society, when closely examined, the World State has no deep meaning or function. It only gives false happiness through taking away individualism and brainwashing, which really is a dystopia, not a utopia. .
When Aldous Huxley wrote this in 1932, he looked to convey a forewarning message to his readers about the dangers of technology and the future, so his readers could take away an awareness of the fragility their individualism and right to things like high art. At the same time, he was trying to show the dangers of chasing after this so called perfection. In the novel this message is shown when Bernard succumbs to the pressure of society once he is popular again; Success went fizzily to Bernards head, and in the process completely reconciled him (as any good intoxicant should do) to a world which, up till then, he had found very unsatisfactory (Huxley 157).