While Brave New World may be reflecting a communist society, it is also very totalitarian. The reason why? Censorship. Censorship of religion and of literature. On page 200, we learn that the reason why people were deprived from Shakespeare's literature is because it is too old. The government wants everyone to like the new things, not the old ones. Plus, they wouldn't understand plays like Othello and Romeo and Juliet not only because of the old language, but also because they could not relate to these tragedies, as the society is "NOT" socially unstable. If everyone is happy, then why would they want to relate to something sad, like Romeo and Juliet. The only way to prevent the people from being sad is to censor sadness.
The same thing happens with religion. God is old. And even if God doesn't change with time, humanity does. They would no longer be able to understand religion, so why bother them with it? Censoring it is much easier. People don't even know of it's existence, so they do not have to worry about it.
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