/lit/ - Literature

>>17296594
No. It's a dystopian society because it efficiently stifles the potential of the majority of individuals and of itself.

>>17296594
It's anglo boomer cope. Terrible book.

>>17296594
Any philosophy books that are like brave new world’s society? Elements of fordism, eugenics, utilitarianism , caste/class, drugs, authoritarianism, hedonism, etc.

>>17296594
The misfits even get to go to misfit island to be edgy together, everyone wins

>>17296594
that's because it's not a dystopian novel you stupid cunt

>>17296594
>>the only ones that have any problems are a few people that don't really fit in
Incidentally, those people are also the only ones of any worth in their society.

>>17296594
>the only ones that have any problems are a few people that don't really fit in
You can tell who read the book assuming they'd be an alpha plus.

>>17296594
Hedonists really will bring about the worst possible end for humanity and they won’t even see anything wrong with it. Literally just save society the trouble and shoot up enough morphine to kill yourself.

>>17296627
>it efficiently stifles the potential of the majority of individuals and of itself.
Absolutely worthless

>>17296594
Being a savage sounds nice.

Is this how people on tard-bucks think?

>>17299192
Nope, it's just zoomers first attempt at being edgy.

>>17298269
Have sex.

>>17296594
Insofar as minimized consciousness is a necessary ingredient of any kind of bliss, it most certainly is. Its assumption, for the sake of realizing speculation about benevolent despotism in a vivid fiction, is that such a setup would or could be sustainable and immune to corruption. As for whether that's possible is another matter it doesn't treat. It even ends happily for the protagonist who is whisked off to a scholarly island where he too is permitted to do what suits his disposition, presumably to freely ponder statecraft along with everything else that arouses his curiosity & imagination. That it would be a world without much mind, in its aggregate, is something Huxley doesn't bother to stress, since that's far too obvious.

>>17300305
>sex without love
>friendship without loyalty
>media without meaning
>morality without reason
>society without change
It's not even the subtext. It's the text. That this isn't immediately apparent to the reader speaks to these same deficits in the present day.

Oh, look it's this thread again
Good on you for starting to read, OP

>>17296658
Huxley based it on an actual non-fiction book by one of his pals, I'm not going to find it for you, since any search is a spamfest of We and 1843

>>17296594
>this is basically paradise

>>17296594
We already live in Brave New World and it's obvious. Just look at the state of hedonism and degeneracy, the extensive consumption of void entertainment and medications to cope with a meaningless life as a faceless economic unit and the constant progressive attack on traditional social norms.

>>17296962
>any worth in their society
not for their society

>>17296594
Do people on this site hate the book or the people who read it? Im getting mixed signals here.

Alright cool. Then spend your life working a 9 to 5 on antidepressants and come home and watch 4 hours of porn everyday. This lifestyle is literally possible. Shut the fuck up and do it if sounds so good.... that is unless you think it’s not so good and you’re just making this comment for attention