Oppression In Aldous Huxley's Brave New World

With the progressiveness of contemporary society, one would not suspect that the sociopolitical order would revert back to the oppressive bigotry of decades past. Social equality made monumental leaps when conventional gender roles are fought against, when love defies traditional interpretations, and when the oppressed can be heard. The revolutionary reforms of classical ideas have made humanity much more open to diversity; however, there remain remnants of intolerant bigotry that can potentially rain on progressivism’s parade. Amidst the new administration that is “Trump’s America”, many have raised the question of whether this election is the beginning of a tyrannical state after all. In many ways, America is heading down a similar path as
Contrary to Orwell’s vision, Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World portrayed a trivial world of pleasure and distractions. Although many would agree that Brave New World’s pleasure seeking society would correlate better with humanity’s weakness for fun, it is too scientifically advanced to attain under current administrative power. In the novel, the people are made to be complacent, to be happy with what they are and what they do. To achieve such brainwashing required an extreme amount of maintenance such as making the caste system, using hynopaedia, giving out soma, and more in order to stabilize society and keep everyone in line. Yet even with all the condition that goes into creating just one individual, they can be easily unconditioned and many would grow up to be too individualized to fit into such society. Under a Trump administration, a society like Brave New World would be too costly and required too much skillful planning for the Trump team to successfully pull off. In addition, Trump does not value or believe in science enough to make use of scientific discoveries. In fact, his budget would defund many scientific