In our society and cultures of the past, conditioning of the next generation is what makes us who we individually are. Our parents have taught us how to love and care, ethics and morals, tradition and religion. Independently we acquire our own ideas and feelings that distinguish every unique person. But when all this is taken away, you have a lasting civilization that relies on drugs and sex to make everyone happy. "There's no such thing as a divided allegiance; you're so conditioned that you can't help doing what you ought to do. And what you ought to do is on the whole so pleasant, so many of the natural impulses are allowed free play, that there really aren't any temptations to resist. And if ever anything unpleasant should somehow happen, why, there's always soma to give you a holiday from the facts" (161-162). Their system makes sense when stability is your goal, but to take away the better treasures of life is not worth the lack of life's hardships. Bernar

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