ely restrictive (Mumford 4, Bloom xiii). With the society being in opposition to change, it would have obviously failed. A static society, in which propaganda is used to promote the State, disrupts the creative thinking process. And, without the creative thinking process, intellectual growth as a whole also slows (Mumford 4, Benz 3).
             Yet another famous Utopian society that appears to thrive on the surface is that of Sir Thomas More's Utopia. More's society was similar to Plato's Republic in many ways (Will 1). The State, in More's Utopia, controlled the masses through the use of propaganda just as in Plato's Republic (Adams 154). Speaking out against the State was made an unthinkable action (Adams 253). The government of More's Utopia was so centralized, that it was unable to adapt to changes and face problems (Mumford 4). This Utopia turned out to have a number of underlying problems.
             Aldous Huxley's a Brave New World was another utopia with many imperfections. In the novel, the characters living in utopia were under complete control of the government. They were exposed to propaganda beginning at birth and continued to be exposed to it throughout their lives. The course a person's life would take was already determined before he was born. Basically, the citizens of this utopia were robots. They did as
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