Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Is There Freedom In Conditioning

   
In the book "Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley, there is no freedom in conditioning at all. This system helps to separate all humans into five different classes: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Epsilons, where Alphas are the highest level and Epsilons are the lowest level. People in each level are only willing to stay with the people within that level simply because they are being conditioned to do so. For example, when betas are produced, they were being taught that "I am really awfully glad i am a Beta", and "Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are worse", which clearly shows why people only stay with the people within their level. People also have no thoughts or beliefs. They were forced to believe what the controllers want them to believe and have no power to fight against that. Since people do not even have their own thoughts, then there is no freedom in conditioning, in this "Brave New World".

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