n a Brave New World mixes Communism, Capitalism, and Social Darwinism, in other words, a severe state of totalitarian rule.The World State uses science to justify and establish a eugenically designed structured society. The population was mass produced (hence the worship of Henry Ford) and manipulated at the will of whomever in control. The structured Caste system assures that all produced will be predestined for their social status. Children are taught Class Conscienounes through sleep teaching (hypnopaedia), reflecting a certain, but perverted, characteristic of Marxist tradition. Moral training through hyponpadia is considered by the World State to be a highly effective means of moral training since moral education is not rational. The associating of intelligence and positions of power are reflective of the Social Darwinist belief of those who occupy positions of power are naturally more superior, intellectually and genetically.Brave New World also dramatizes the conflict between scientific Theory and religion. Science is portrayed as religion as the manifestations of self-evident truths. Henry Ford is used as the religious outlet for the World State. He represents a religion that allows the World State rulers to rob the people of their individuality in the name of progress and stability. This worship serves as a metaphor for the dangers of using science to produce and justify sweeping ideology governing social relations. I do not believe that Huxley is criticizing religion directly, but instead targeting those who use it to justify unequal social relations. This is a society governed by prejudices of the past more powerful with the support of science.The World State is made up of five castes, Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilon (Alphas are the most powerful, and Epsilons are the lowest on the social ladder). The Bokanovsky process, mass producing thousands of clones, makes it possible to facilitate social stability be...
