Finally the “orgy-porgy” and the promotion of sex culture. “Orgy-Porgy” is a special type of social event found in this society. It is comprised of drinking a chemical cocktail, singing a chant, and engaging in group sex. The idea behind this is to promote soma consumption, increase good feelings, and ensure that everyone is participating in the sex culture. It’s also part of a bigger picture which is to assimilate every living being into one group, one mind. Group identity instead of self-identity is a large theme pushed by those in control, everything you do is for the greater good of everyone. The stigma surrounding sex has vanished in this society. Almost all babies are sterilized before birth leaving no worries about creating babies the
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All of these portions mixed together to create a soup that removes the humanness out of everyday life. It turns everyone into one hive mind, and while some may argue that this should help us progress faster as a species, it removes everything great out of the journey. If this system were to be introduced to the modern world, there would be havoc. Imagine if your favourite sport or activity was replaced with a chemical that would just make you feel good instead. It should be impossible to see our society turning into this. Taking a step back, though, the past decade has been the biggest decade ever in terms of social change and uprisings. Humans went from being relatively private and only shared information in circles of direct friends, to the advent of social media where people are now blasting every conceivable detail about themselves to the public. Everyone belongs to everyone else. What else is becoming more popular? Well in the past hundred years publicity and knowledge surround sex has increased whereas birth rates are actually dropping in the industrialized nations. Some people are even opting to have their sexual organs essentially sterilized so they can have sex without worry. We take a look at the society in Brave New World and we laugh, we think it’s outrageous, but in reality, we are slowly slipping down a slope leading to a version quite alike the novel. So what truly would keep a society
All of these portions mixed together to create a soup that removes the humanness out of everyday life. It turns everyone into one hive mind, and while some may argue that this should help us progress faster as a species, it removes everything great out of the journey. If this system were to be introduced to the modern world, there would be havoc. Imagine if your favourite sport or activity was replaced with a chemical that would just make you feel good instead. It should be impossible to see our society turning into this. Taking a step back, though, the past decade has been the biggest decade ever in terms of social change and uprisings. Humans went from being relatively private and only shared information in circles of direct friends, to the advent of social media where people are now blasting every conceivable detail about themselves to the public. Everyone belongs to everyone else. What else is becoming more popular? Well in the past hundred years publicity and knowledge surround sex has increased whereas birth rates are actually dropping in the industrialized nations. Some people are even opting to have their sexual organs essentially sterilized so they can have sex without worry. We take a look at the society in Brave New World and we laugh, we think it’s outrageous, but in reality, we are slowly slipping down a slope leading to a version quite alike the novel. So what truly would keep a society