Theme Of Consumerism In Brave New World

In a Brave New World, a novel written by Albert Huxley, the utopian world is driven by consumerism. At an early age everyone is indoctrinated in the mindset that, “Ending is better than mending. The more stitches the less riches.” The mindset of the society is that it is better to buy a new item, rather than fix and old one. This would absolutely infuriate Karl Marx. He would say this enables greed and capitalism in society. That this is just a way to get people to spend money on things they do not need or already have. This is all part of the world we live in today, Every year we get a new phone or “upgrade” to a new one, even if the phone we are currently using is not broken. Another common theme in A Brave New World is building an industry