BNW in a cage fight with US

One of the major similarity I noticed between Brave New World and the US of A was that we both have drugs. Not bad drugs, those are bad. I mean medicine that can get rid of troubles experienced by both worlds. In Brave New World, they mainly have soma and in the United States we have many many drugs. Although none of our drugs can put you on a consequence free vacation, we do have many similar! We have drugs, such as tylenol, that will get rid of your aches and pains temporarily. We have anti depression pills to help those of us that are sad. In BNW, they had to take drugs like pregnancy simulators and adrenaline simulators. We also have pills like that to help with people who have irregular amounts of that...

The next similarity was all the sex. In BNW, 8 year olds were running rampant have sex like it was nobody's business. Sex to them was just something to make them happy. Everybody was doing it with everybody else (in the same caste). Sex isn't exactly the same in the US of A, but it is still there. If you take a look at our advertisements and many of the other things we see in our day to day lives, you will still see sex. Sex is used to attract people and make people buy products. Do you think more people would watch a commercial and feel more compelled to buy something if you had a commercial with a hot sexy lady or a normal Jane just sitting there?

The last similarity that I shall point out is all the consumerism. In BNW, they are conditioned from birth that buy is the way they should do stuff. They should not simply repair it, but should throw it away and buy a completely new one. If somebody wants to make a new game, they have to use twice as many parts as a previous game used. In the United States we are also experiencing similarities. Although we are not drilled when we are in the womb, we still end up paying for stuff. It is much easier simply buying a new thing than taking the time to try and repair it yourself. Other items, such as tires, are you given a limited amount of use before it will break down. I am sure that somebody could make a tire that lasts for many years, but they won't because then once everybody has them, they will stop making money.