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Pavlov conditioning taken to the extreme

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Pavlov conditioning taken to the extreme

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Lower caste children were hard wired to have an innate hatred towards books and nature

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Here lie the links that have inspired some of the points on here, besides the BNW novel and Equilibrium film
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=471369
https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/Gafieza/equilibrium-14032822
https://www.enotes.com/homework-help/what-quotes-from-brave-new-world-about-feelies-371917
https://www.history.com/topics/great-depression

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Items that could potentially provoke emotion were to be burned, The Mona Lisa, despite its high worth, was no exception to this.

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Humans are now able to mass produce and clone people

They all have predestined fates, specifically designed just to fulfill a certain role or job such as Delta labourers. Additionally, there is a division between the castes, one Beta labels a Delta is ‘dumb’ and they shouldn’t play with them.

This also comes with the Bokanovsky process, which damages and hinders growth of the subject

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A form of conditioning that occurs when the subject is asleep and consists of a message being repeated to be absorbed subconsciously, a potential breach in human rights

The Director describes Hypnopaedia as “The greatest moralising and socialising force of all time”

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Anything that may spark the imagination ranging from; art, older literature; are prohibited

Must conform to the motto of “COMMUNITY, IDENTITY STABILITY”

Defectors are to be exiled or be under intensive reconditioning

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The constant exposure to Father’s speeches reinforces and really drills in the message

Messages such as; “Prozium, the foundation of Libria” OR simply reminding you to visit a sector in Equilibrium for your dose of prozium are repeated constantly. It is essentially a form of exposure conditioning.

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“A gramme is better than a damn”- Normalizing the drug dependency, harming the body physically and mentally

People would look decevingly youthful, but die at around the age of 50-60 due to the amount of soma consumed

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Here’s a meme I made that I believe deems fit for the context of the topic

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Where Preston’s wife and Mary was sent to atone for their ‘heinous’ crime

The stylistic choice of the red robe may be to intentionally symbolise the wearer of the robe with ‘evil’ or ‘bloodshed’

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Everyone is required by law to take doses regularly, using this contraption

Side note- One thing worth pointing out is that the Libria flag icon heavily resembles the Iron Cross, perhaps an alluding to Nazi Germany?

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This goal in itself serves as a huge contrast in terms of the ideals of Equilibrium’s and BNW’s political systems

Self indulgence is promoted in order to keep everyone happy and reduce the chance of a revolt and desensitise people from certain events

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-A government mandated drug with euphoric effects
- Used to maintain social order and keep people away from feeling negative emotions such as anxiety, jealousy or depression.

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An authoritarian government governed by a single figure, Dupont(who also assumes Father’s role)

Any defectors committing sense offence or treason is condemned to a fiery death in the incinerator

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A powerful drug aimed to suppress the emotions

Is quite the opposite of soma, with soma’s purpose being to incite a happier mood

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Set in a deceiving and futuristic 'utopia'

Appealing to the senses and promoting pursuit of happiness, albeit devoid of self fulfillment and meaning

Artificial, mass creation of people, with clones common and lacking indivdiduality

Written during The Great Depression and warfare being a looming, imminent threat, with that influence being evident in Huxley’s work

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Film released in 2002

A world without war, theft, but coming at a huge sacrifice

Human emotion, artistic expression(such as books, art and perhaps music), questioning the authority are all forbidden

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Equilibrium and Brave New World Multi-modal Presentation

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Equilibrium and Brave New World Multi-modal Presentation

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Presented to you by Michael OwO

Both fictional worlds have a authoritarian government that requires the complete subservience of the population, with an artificial sense of fulfillment and purpose being ingrained in the minds of many through intense conditioning, social segregation, mandatory drug supplement and harsh law enforcement.