Similarities Between Affluenza And Religion
Intro
A running theme in Affluenza, brave new world (BNW) and religion a dialogue is that people are sheep and are consumed by physical needs and desires. Advertising/ consumption is like religion it deceives the masses, shapes young minds, the end result don’t ask questions just consume. In the BNW the masses are trained to performer creation task and consume. In Affluenza people are trained to consume trough advertisement. In religion a dialogue people are trained philosophically by questing truths and are trained by religion to not question truths. The goal of all of the books is to manipulate the masses for the benefit of society, companies, and individuals.
Huxley and Schopenhauer’s religion similarities and differences
In many ways Huxley’s BNW is synonymous with religion. Like religion conditioning starts at birth where in the BNW children are trained to not like books or flowers (Huxley,23), and are taught to play there rules for example training for certain societal positions alphas and deltas. This custom is the same in most religions were you are taught to ideals and ethics of the bible for example, through oral traditions such as songs, stories and church. Another thing that is similar in the BNW and religion is repetition leading to …show more content…
Another difference between BNW and religion is history. In the BNW history is outlawed because, it can show the knowledge of the past, which can lead to reflectivity and questing. Interestingly religion uses history as a way of preventing questioning. In religion the past is used as a way to cause reflectivity, the goal of this is to direct people to an answer when they begin to question things. For example the stories of the creation of the world and Jesus. Both the BNW and the bible use history to mold society the BNW removes history to prevent questioning and the bible teaches history to answer questions. The end result is social acceptance by shaping young
A running theme in Affluenza, brave new world (BNW) and religion a dialogue is that people are sheep and are consumed by physical needs and desires. Advertising/ consumption is like religion it deceives the masses, shapes young minds, the end result don’t ask questions just consume. In the BNW the masses are trained to performer creation task and consume. In Affluenza people are trained to consume trough advertisement. In religion a dialogue people are trained philosophically by questing truths and are trained by religion to not question truths. The goal of all of the books is to manipulate the masses for the benefit of society, companies, and individuals.
Huxley and Schopenhauer’s religion similarities and differences
In many ways Huxley’s BNW is synonymous with religion. Like religion conditioning starts at birth where in the BNW children are trained to not like books or flowers (Huxley,23), and are taught to play there rules for example training for certain societal positions alphas and deltas. This custom is the same in most religions were you are taught to ideals and ethics of the bible for example, through oral traditions such as songs, stories and church. Another thing that is similar in the BNW and religion is repetition leading to …show more content…
Another difference between BNW and religion is history. In the BNW history is outlawed because, it can show the knowledge of the past, which can lead to reflectivity and questing. Interestingly religion uses history as a way of preventing questioning. In religion the past is used as a way to cause reflectivity, the goal of this is to direct people to an answer when they begin to question things. For example the stories of the creation of the world and Jesus. Both the BNW and the bible use history to mold society the BNW removes history to prevent questioning and the bible teaches history to answer questions. The end result is social acceptance by shaping young