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What does /lit/ think of Brave New World?

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>abolition of natural reproduction (human embryos are raised artificially)
>an abundance of material goods
>people enjoy perfect health and youthfulness
>death is not feared
>lifestyle which readers may see as shallow and hedonistic (promoted by the ready availability and universally-endorsed consumption of the hallucinogenic drug soma, and by the promotion of recreational sex, often as a group activity)
>no dissatisfaction because each caste member receives the same workload, food, housing, and soma ratio

how is this dystopian?

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