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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consumerism
https://bravenewworld.blogger.de/topics/Caste+system/

https://www.inclusivedemocracy.org/dn/vol6/takis_class.htm
https://prezi.com/m0zsiy3pfs2i/religion-and-spirituality-in-huxleys-brave-new-world/

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In BNW religion is hidden and replaced with Ford. People of the BNW use soma to supress emotions and avoid issues. Believe that religion doesn´t mix with machinery and mechanical society.

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Yes, the similarity is that a society with increasing mechanical and scientific materials seem to decrease their believe in god and spirituality.

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Religion in the real world is decreasing, people are losing interest because of traditional views and each generation is becoming more and more modern, science is introducing more logical reasons as to why humans exist.

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Are there similarities between BNW and modern society?

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Are there similarities between BNW and modern society?

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Soma replaces religion in BNW by removing the possibility of suffering, which removes the necessity to have spiritual needs and connection to God.

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Do the citizens of BNW have spiritual needs? 

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Do the citizens of BNW have spiritual needs? 

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Overclass constitutes a very small percentage of the population but receive a disproportionately large part of income and wealth.

New middle class is the only part of the population which is in full-time, well-paid and secure jobs and control almost two-thirds of income while by their political and economic power, determine the electoral outcome.

Lower middle class includes all those in insecure, usually low-paid, and poorly protected jobs. Most of the growing army of part-timers and occasional workers in low-paid jobs with no formal employment protection but with incomes above the poverty line.

Underclass consists mainly of the unemployed and those of the inactive, underemployed, who fall under the poverty line. The underclass, therefore, includes a variety of underprivileged, ranging from old, aged pensioners and state-supported single parents, to the ‘working poor’, migrants and ‘guest’ workers, the unemployed, and the homeless.

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Alphas are built strong and big. They are societies' intellectuals, professors, and leaders.

Betas are less developed in everything compared to alphas. Betas area skilled women and work as nurses, bottling room workers, and fertilizing room workers.

Gammas are relatively short and slender and work as housekeepers attendants, workers, and porters.

Deltas are short and work as lower laborers and servants.

Epsilons are are the shortest and least intelligent. They do the easiest and most unpretentious work.

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It provides people with work which provides stability in the community. Both societies are looking for a better life through consumerism. By trying to prove how good, rich or happy they are with material things.

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In real-world consumerism has become one of the dominant global social forces, cutting across differences of religion, class, gender, ethnicity, and nationality. Because of that people spend a lot of money on the products and therefore make the companies and people who run them very wealthy. These companies and/or people often become wealthy because of the poor conditions and the low salaries that the workers get.

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In BNW consumerism is the way people have work and/or activities. And because of the size of population, there is a lot of consumerism. The work and activities are supposed to take up all their free time so that they don’t have time to be alone or sad so that they would not start thinking about the faults in society.

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How is consumption important in the two societies? 

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How is consumption important in the two societies? 

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In what way are the two societies driven by consumerism? 

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In what way are the two societies driven by consumerism? 

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In modern society people use drugs such as cocaine, LSD, pills and more to escape reality and suppress the unwanted feelings. When taking such drugs, reality changes. But there are also less reality altering substances such as nicotine, alcohol and marijuana that just increase the feeling of happiness and/ or comfort.

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Some is used to decrease emotions that are not good such as anger, sadness and loneliness. When taking soma people go on a “holiday” which are happy memories or made up scenarios that are created by the mind of the user. So, in a way soma increases happiness in people in BNW.

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Does modern society use anything in a similar way?

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Does modern society use anything in a similar way?