There is an equality among the people. The class system, although we may think it unfair, is perfectly sensible and alright to the people in it. They have created equality by everyone being content in there own class and by no one wanting to switch classes, because they have been trained to think that way. An example of this is Beta children, they think "Alpha children wear grey. They work much harder than we do, because they're so frightfully clever. I'm really awfully glad I'm a Beta, because I don't want to work so hard. And then we are much better than the Gammas and Deltas. Gammas are stupid. They all wear green, and Delta children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse. They're too stupid to be able to read or write. Because they wear black, which is such a beastly color. I'm so glad I'm a Beta."Even though that wouldn't be considered equality in our world, it creates a sense of equality in their world.
The strict schedule and the classes eradicate peoples' choice. Lower classes work to make life easier for the higher classes while the higher classes have fun all the time but without the ability to make life decisions. This eradicates conflict, and it erases the concept of religion because no one thinks of having a religion.
Happiness is forced through the training/conditioning of children and the constant routine. Since birth people have been trained to think that they have a perfect life and they are always happy. If someone starts to feel unhappy, they just take a soma and feel happy again.
It is currently a utopia because everything is working fine, and no one is trying to rebell. Also, everyone is happy (the people that are in the class system that is) and think that the world is perfect, Bernard being the lone exception. It could become a dsytopia very easily though because the government controls everything.
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