Brave New World RevisitedOverpopulation and Brainwashing

Tyler BanksBryce BurciagaJohn Diskin

Jarrett GonzalesEamon O’BrienJoey Takehara

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How to Solve Over-population:

Birth Control

Huxley notes that birth control is a hard way to control a population because

Religious and social traditions are against birth control

Birth control requires the cooperation of people who have some sort of intelligence

Examples of birth control:

Abortions, contraceptives,

abstinence, etc.

Resistance to Birth Control

• For the first time in about fifteen years, last year marked the first year in which more than 50% of America was against abortion.

(according to a Gallup Poll)

How to Solve Over-population:

Death ControlHuxley contends that death control is much more effective in containing the population than birth control

There are hardly any religions in favor of unrestricted death

However, some religions are against such forms of assisted death as euthanasia

Examples of Death Control

Assisted suicide (euthanasia)

Lack of health care for elderly

Deaths per Year vs. Births per

Year(In the United States)Deaths in 2007

2,423,712

Births in 2007 (According to the Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention)

4,317,119

The fact that the United States’ births greatly exceed its deaths indicates that it is a rapidly growing nation.

Thus, death control would be an effective way to stabilize the population.

Decreasing Death Rate

The death rate has been decreasing because of the introduction of new health measures such as

Clean water

DDT: an agricultural insecticide

Penicillin: effective against diseases like syphilis

How the Brave New World Solved the Population Crisis

The Brave New World solved the problem by establishing an optimum figure for world population (around two billions)

This number was maintained through means of both death

control and birth control.

Over-population Totalitarian

Governmentspopulation increase available resources are strained precarious economic situation government must take up additional responsibilities totalitarian government

This process will first take place in the underdeveloped countries

They have the highest growth rates and they lack the resources necessary for such large populations

Formation of Totalitarian Governments Threat to Democracy Everywhere

The totalitarian governments would likely engage in warfare with nations like the United States

This would cause the U.S. to become economically strained and it would go through the process described on the previous slide

Where We Stand Now

The current world population is estimated to be 6,865,900,000.

In 2050, it is estimated that the world’s population will be 9,309,051,539. (U.S. Bureau of

the Census, Current Population Projections.)