Brave New World Marxist Analysis

Marxism in Brave New World In a capitalist society, power is not distributed evenly. In Aldous Huxley’s novel Brave New World, cloning replaces natural conception and the amount of power they will have will be predestined for them within their own caste. This type of utopian society reflects Karl Marx’s theories of capitalism, where class struggle is the basis of one’s identity and their access to resources and power. In Brave New World, everyone is placed into a caste system, where Alphas, the most intelligent, are the smallest population and the Epsilons, the least intelligent, are who work the most labor and have the largest population, but all serve a purpose of working as a whole. This reflects Marx 's social structure for capitalism. Alphas represent the aristocracy, Betas, Gammas and Deltas represent the Bourgeoisie and the Epsilons represent …show more content…
In Marx’s text, A Contribution to the Critique of Hegel’s Philosophy of Right he defines religion as “Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world and the soul of soulless conditions,” meaning religion is what keeps the masses at bliss and ignorance as the citizens in Brave New World are in with soma and sex, which is why it is also referred to as the “Opium of the people” (Marx). However, in Brave New World, drug use and sex occur religiously because the thought of another higher power is seen as a form of individuality. Although religion was mostly repressed, Fordship was acceptable, for it originated from Henry Ford, a technology pioneer who created the assembly line. Marxists also believe that a main aspect in having authority over the proletariat, or known as Epsilons in the novel, is to exploit and alienate individuality. In turn, the Alphas will have control over a class that is content with working labor work for several hours with low