e hatred of books and flowers. Lower castes cannot waste the Community's time reading books that might decondition them. The Director explains that Gammas, Deltas, and Epsilons once were conditioned to like flowers and wild nature in general. The idea was to compel them to visit the country often and "consume transport" in the process. However, since nature is free, they consumed nothing other than transport.
             The World State abolished the love of nature in the lower castes but not the tendency to consume transport. Therefore, the lower castes are conditioned to hate the country but to love country sports. All country sports require the use of elaborate apparatus. Therefore, the lower castes now consume both transport and manufactured goods when they travel to the country for sporting events.
             The Director relates the story of a child named Reuben with Polish-speaking parents. The students blush at the mention of the word "parent." References to sexual reproduction are now considered pornographic and highly taboo, including words like "mo
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