"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." ~ H.L. Mencken
Can’t We Be Happy All The Time? Learning From Huxley’s Brave New World
Submitted by Government Deni... on Sun, 2015-05-24 23:00
Brave New World is dystopian, but for many people, it doesn't seem all that bad because everyone is happy all the time. What is it that makes it truly disturbing and evil?
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