Well, he was, I believe, English. That means that he lived in a capitalist economy.
Though, it's likely that he'd seen that capitalist economy enforce, rather than weaken class boundaries.
And, I'll give Huxley this, capitalism requires people buying, selling, and working. It doesn't require people to be seeking vast holding or necessarily to increase their wealth. Within this Fordly Universe, it may be that they saw the desire to increase wealth as a destabilizing element.
Competition doesn't just drive businesses to make a better or cheaper product. It also drives them to cut corners, short-change workers, lie about their competition and lie about their products/services. (All reasons why even a free market capitalist economy does need regulation and enforcement.)
It could be that Huxley just didn't think of it or it could be that Huxley, much like Orwell was doing in 1984, is trying to point out that the issues he's attacking are bad enough without looking to usual motivational suspects.
Re: Ford without Ford?
Though, it's likely that he'd seen that capitalist economy enforce, rather than weaken class boundaries.
And, I'll give Huxley this, capitalism requires people buying, selling, and working. It doesn't require people to be seeking vast holding or necessarily to increase their wealth. Within this Fordly Universe, it may be that they saw the desire to increase wealth as a destabilizing element.
Competition doesn't just drive businesses to make a better or cheaper product. It also drives them to cut corners, short-change workers, lie about their competition and lie about their products/services. (All reasons why even a free market capitalist economy does need regulation and enforcement.)
It could be that Huxley just didn't think of it or it could be that Huxley, much like Orwell was doing in 1984, is trying to point out that the issues he's attacking are bad enough without looking to usual motivational suspects.