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Stabilty and Freedom in Brave New World

 

It seems like a perfect society in which people's worries have been engineered away to dust. Of course, it is not very human, but there is certainly something attractive about the idea of having certainty and security, isn't there? Everybody belongs to everybody; everybody has a role to play and everybody is conditioned to like the role they have been predestined to fill. .
             The advantages of living in this society are quite clear. You can have anything you want and won't want anything you can't have, everything is regulated so there is no chaos. Individuals do not have to think, they are simply ordered what to do and feel by the state. The disadvantages lay within the lack of individual freedom. The things that make it great is also its weakness, the caste system takes away individuals right to pursue their own paths and bar them into predetermined roles. This society strips away everything from the individuals, religion, self, consciousness and becomes the sole provider and 'God'. By doing this beings who will always be slaves to consumption and as a result will lose their identity completely. .
             There are a lot of things lacking in this society, culture, religion etc., but what it is fundamentally lacking is freedom. Being a part of this society means there is no individuality as one has to conform and play the role that has been predetermined. Another major fundamental error of this society is its caste system, it does not allow free and open movement among anything. Everything within the society has been predetermined and selected for you, from the day you were born to the day you die, its scripted and provides an unfair advantage among members of society. While this system ensures everyone is 'happy' and everyone has everyone it is still lacking one major factor; the truth.


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