Social Stability In Brave New World, By Aldous Huxley

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Social Stability, a sociological perspective that argues that a group will force out ideas and individuals that disagree with public opinion in order to maintain the group's equilibrium. The idea of social stability is often thought of only in theory. Applying this concept to the real world would yield substantial losses to the community as a whole and to the individuals of the group. Establishing social stability is not worth the price of the loss of individuality.
In Aldous Huxley’s dystopian novel Brave New World the society thrives upon the concept of social stability. But at what cost? The world state requires that individuality must be absent in order to achieve this stability. “Community, Identity, Stability,” the world state’s motto