What particular consequences alarm Huxley in relation to…
What particular consequences alarm Huxley in relation to… What particular consequences alarm Huxley in relation to overpopulation?How do you understand Huxley saying the following: “‘If the first half of the twentieth century was the era of the technical engineers, the second half may well be the era of the social engineers’–and the twenty-first century, I suppose, will be the era of World Controllers, the scientific caste system and Brave New World” (259)? What are possible implications–in your opinion–of the following claim by Huxley: No people that passes abruptly from a state of subservience under the rule of a despot to the completely unfamiliar state of political independence can be said to have a fair chance of making democratic institutions work. Again, no people in a precarious economic condition has a fair chance of being able to govern itself democratically” (263)? How does it apply, for example, to the anti-colonial drive that had been increasing since the end of World War II?Huxley argues, “Self-government is in inverse ratio to numbers. The larger the constituency, the less the value of any particular vote. When he is merely one of millions, the individual elector feels himself to be impotent, a negligible quantity. The candidates he has voted into office are far away, at the top of the pyramid of power. Theoretically they are the servants of the people; but in fact it is the servants who give orders and the people , far off at the base of the great pyramid, who must obey. Increasing population and advancing technology have resulted in an increase in the number of organizations, an increase in the amount of power concentrated in the hands of officials and a corresponding decrease in the amount of control exercised by electors, coupled with a decrease in the public’s regard for democratic procedures” (284). Following this pattern, California, the most populous state of the Union, should be the least democratic, much less democratic than Mississippi (#35 on the list), but do the residents of that Dixie state enjoy as many democratic benefits as we do here? Furthermore, how does the principle “Engineer the Elections,” described by Chomsky challenge Huxley’s statement?Arts & Humanities English English Literature ENG 120
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