nism in the BNW has been constructed. In such a configuration, there is no way for the typical individual to deviate from or upset the social order. Every genetic and psychic modification has been orchestrated against such deviance. Compare this with today's world, in which the rules and regulations that govern Western societies have been established to prevent human beings from taking unfair advantage of one another, or from harming one another but not from choosing a different existence.
In other words, the laws that prevail upon individuals today protect the right to choose one's own life, to contend with society's echelons and stratifications in the manner that pleases one's reason, instinct, or even one's whimsy. "Good" choices, strong ambition and good luck can take one from the lowest "caste" to the highest. Conversely, the elite and the wealthy can, by dint of a few bad decisions, fall into disrepute or poverty. In the broad sense, what matters here is that in liberal society, people are able to covet lifestyles and acquisitions that they
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