The messages are piped into the ears of sleeping children daily until they become part of the children’s thought process. The hypnopaedic messages are also used to maintain the caste system by conditioning the populace to create workers who enjoy their work.
The other sayings reflect the society’s prioritization of the community over the individual, the identification of happiness as the ultimate goal for everyone in the society, the support of instant gratification, and the promotion of science and technology as necessary foundations of a good life. For example, the “gramme” line refers to the use of soma, a strong hallucinogen, to deal with unpleasant emotions. The hypnopaedic sayings reflect the basic principles of the book’s World State society.
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