It comes in many forms, such as pills, pacifiers, and a vapor, the purpose of which is to lull the people into a state of chemically controlled happiness. This hallucinogenic narcotic represents the religion of the people as they look to it for solace from any stress, hurdle, or sadness they may feel. In Chapter 1 they are depicted as whizzing along an assembly line conveyor belt as workers ensure that they are decanted as babies designed to their caste's requirements and inoculated against every known disease. These vessels, large enough to provide for an egg to develop to infancy, represent the population of the World State. These superficialities are encouraged through conditioning lines such as, "Ending is better than mending," and "I love new clothes, I love new clothes, I love new clothes." Decanters However, he also addresses the down sides of mass production, such as materialism and overconsumption. The author shows that Ford made enormous advances with the assembly line and this is what they celebrate, given their limitations. Huxley shows Mond using this quote to suppress any curiosity about life before Ford. Of course the Controller wants the boys to agree with that adage because he doesn't want questions about the past. With his book Huxley is satirizing the deification of Ford and all he stood for, as well as some of his comments such as "History is bunk," which Mustapha Mond mentions to the students in Chapter 3. They refer to him as his Fordship and hold periodic Ford Day celebrations.
Ford's influence on them is so great that they use his name in the same way that people might use names for God: "Ford, Ford, Ford" and "Oh my Ford" are examples.
They designed their society around the continuous cycle of production–consumerism–stability. After the Nine Years' War, they realized people wanted stability and happiness.
The founders of the World State based their civilization on this industrialist's development of mass production. They use the T to show their devotion to the power of mass production, as Christians make the sign of the Cross to honor Jesus's sacrifice. To them it shows Ford's contribution to the industrial field. People trace this sign when they are speaking of the car manufacturer who developed automated production through the assembly line. The letter T represents the Model T Ford, the first car Henry Ford mass produced.
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