Who Rules Canada? The basic facts are in black and white. Propaganda holds us back from seeing the simple truth. Elected Members of Parliament do not swear an oath to the people of Canada. They serve a power that is … Continue reading →
Anti-abortion candidates need not apply in 2015, Justin Trudeau says (CBC News, May 8, 2014) I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on any bills I … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Continued from Part 10 Continuing with the themes of Huxley’s Brave New World: Immaturity Adults in the Brave New World live immaturely, with a lack of seriousness and an appetite for endless fun. … Continue reading →
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Continue reading →Continued from Part 9 Media Propaganda Tools of propaganda in the “brave new world” include television, newspapers, “feelies”, and music (p. 59). There are bureaus of propaganda and a College of Emotional Engineering (p. 58). A New Religion and Unity … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 8 Promiscuity In Huxley’s Brave New World, promiscuity is a duty and monogamy is not tolerated. Everyone is trained from birth with hypnopaedic proverbs such as “everyone belongs to everyone else” (p. 38). A similar idea is … Continue reading →
Value for value: Please support my efforts. Continued from Part 7 (Revised: January 3, 2014) Sterilization In Huxley’s novel, the majority of female embryos are sterilized (p. 10). The remaining women, such as one of the main characters, are trained … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 6 Getting into the actual novel, I want to highlight some of the themes in Brave New World while explaining parts of the plot in passing. First of all, the political setting is that of a World … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 5 Continuing with Aldous Huxley’s 1946 Foreword to his novel Brave New World, Huxley predicts: vast government-sponsored inquires into what the politicians and the participating scientists will call ‘the problem of happiness’—in other words, the problem of … Continue reading →
Continued from Part 4 (Rev. Dec. 30, 2013) Brave New World is a story about systematically modifying or damaging human beings—physically, mentally and morally– in order to make them compliant and passive slaves. In the Foreword, Huxley refers to a … Continue reading →