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common sense. Its importance has been enormously increased by the growth of modern methods of propaganda. Of these the most influential is what is called "education". Religion plays a part, though a diminishing one; the Press, the cinema and the radio play an increasing part... This subject will make great strides when it is taken up by scientists under a scientific dictatorship...’ He further explains: The completeness of the resulting control over opinion depends in various ways upon scientific technique. Where all children go to school, and all schools are controlled by the government, the authorities can close the minds of the young to everything contrary to official orthodoxy.° or Bertrand Russell later proclaims in his book that "a Drawing on the concept of scientific world society cannot be people loving their servitude—a stable unless there is a world concept popularised by Aldous Bertrand Russell later government".’ He explains that Huxley—Bertrand Russell explains proclaims in his book that eugenics plays a central feature in that under a scientific " 9 oe 9 the construction of any world dictatorship: a scientific world society government scientific dictatorship: It is to be expected that advances in cannot be stable unless Gradually, by selective breeding, the physiology and psychology will give . congenital differences between rulers governments much more control there is a world and ruled will increase until they over individual mentality than they government". become almost different species. A now have even in totalitarian revolt of the plebs would become as countries. Fichte laid it down that unthinkable as an organised education should aim at destroying free will, so that, after pupils insurrection of sheep against the practice of eating mutton? have left school, they shall be incapable, throughout the rest of their lives, of thinking or acting otherwise than as their In a 1962 speech Aldous Huxley spoke about the real schoolmasters would have wished... Diet, injections and world becoming the "Brave New World" nightmare he injunctions will combine, from a very early age, to produce the envisaged. He spoke primarily of the "ultimate sort of character and the sort of beliefs that the authorities revolution" that focuses on "behavioural controls" of consider desirable, and any serious criticism of the powers that people: be will become psychologically impossible. Even if all are In the past we can say that all revolutions have essentially miserable, all will believe themselves happy, because the aimed at changing the environment in order to change the government will tell them that they are so. individual. |T|here's been the political revolution, the economic Han DID thane ateend sant Ateactlee proclaims in his book that "a scientific world society In a 1962 speech Aldous Huxley spoke about the real world becoming the "Brave New World" nightmare he envisaged. He spoke primarily of the "ultimate revolution" that focuses on "behavioural controls" of people: ..In the past we can say that all revolutions have essentially aimed at changing the environment in order to change the individual. [There's been the political revolution, the economic revolution...the religious revolution. All these aimed not directly at the human being but at his surroundings, so that by modifying his surroundings you did achieve, did one remove the effect of the human being. Today we are faced, | think, with the approach of what may be called the ultimate revolution, the final revolution, where man can act directly on the mind-body of his fellows... If you are going to control any population for any length of time, you must have some measure of consent. It's exceedingly difficult to see how pure terrorism can function indefinitely. It can function for a fairly long time, but...sooner or later you have to bring in an element of persuasion, an element of getting people to consent to what is happening to them. Well, it seems to me that the nature of the ultimate revolution with which we are now faced is precisely this: that we are in {the] process of developing a whole series of techniques which will enable the controlling oligarchy—who have always existed and will presumably always exist—to get people to love their servitude. This is...the ultimate in malevolent revolutions... ..['m inclined to think that the scientific dictatorships of the future—and | think there are going to be scientific dictatorships in many parts of the world—will be probably a good deal nearer to the "Brave New World" pattern than to the "1984" pattern. They will be a good deal nearer, not because of any humanitarian qualms of the scientific dictators but simply because the "Brave New World" pattern is probably a good deal more efficient than the other. BRITISH PETROLEUM "We're attacking this catastrophe on two fronts: another 10 billion to develop a new capping technique—and $20 billion to develop a new logo." 12 * NEXUS Bertrand Russell later cannot be stable unless there is a world government". AUGUST - SEPTEMBER 2010 www.nexusmagazine.com