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Not quite... In Brave New World there is a drug called "soma" that is an opium for the masses; it's rationed by the government. The subplot around soma focuses
by rotskoff 9y ago
Not quite... In Brave New World there is a drug called "soma" that is an opium for the masses; it's rationed by the government. The subplot around soma focuses more on trying to get people to not take it so that their minds can be freed.
- sli 9y agoThat's also a major (and non-spoiler, if you're familiar with films at all) plot point of Equilibrium.