The main connection I caught between Utopia and Brave New World was all the rules. It is all extremely rule oriented. Everything has to be exactly right.
The good thing I found about A Brave New World was that there is no disease, it is all taken care of during the "pregnancy". No STDs no crippling diseases, that is one thing I could get used to.
The no family part of a Brave New World is the part that bothers me the most. Yeah family causes tons of stress but they are an important part of who you become. Nature vs. Nurture comes into play here, if you do not have a real person to nurture you than what kind of person are you really going to become. Where is your personality going to come from, a box whispering under your pillow. I would have an annoying family any day.
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Elaborate on rules. What rules, specifically are you talking about? Rules in Utopia? Or rules in BNW? or both?
i definitely agree that the no disease solution is amazing. they've taken care of diseases, cancer, and all those terminally illnesses so pretty much there's no more sadness. and yea, i agree that family is important and all, but in BNW it seems to be genius to have no family connections. i think the government realized that personality and what kind of person you can become with families can cause so much problems such as challenging the government and stuff. so eliminating these family ties have benefits i guess for BNW government so things can run smoothly and people can be manipulated easily.
I definitely agree about the no family part. Considering everyone belongs to everyone else and there are no special bonds between lovers, they need those family bonds to create stable relationships with. Obviously the idea of a stable relationship goes completely against what Brave New World discusses, but I think it could help their society by making everyone feel even more wanted. Of course, physically being with someone for a night might make them feel wanted for the time being, but having somebody always there, allows a person to almost never feel uncomfortable. I also agree with how great it is to eradicate almost all diseases! Nice post!
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