Postman argues that the concepts of capitalism and the “instinct” of the profit motive drove our society to become a technocracy by the late eighteenth century with Arkwright’s development of the modern factory for increased efficiency. Capitalism rewards such technocratic behavior and efficiency with higher profits and greater success and punishes the “incompetents.” By 1860, machines were making machines in the well developed machine-tool industry. Along with many of these inventions in the 1800s came the ideals of objectiveness, efficiency, standardization, and maybe most importantly progress. People were thought of not as children of God but as markets, as consumers, who would shape demand and industry. Postman argues that “technocracies brought into being an increased respect for the average person” as in Brave New World the saying goes “even epsilons are useful.” Qualities such as risk taking and intelligence became more important than whose family had wealth and political clout. Postman continues on to posit that America has become a young technopoly, or totalitarian technocracy. In this type of system, everything is redefined including religion, democracy, rule, law, art, history, truth, privacy, and intelligence. Huxley obviously believes that this shift occurred with the advent of Ford and the assembly line by his time system AF and BF meaning “After Ford” and “Before Ford.” Postman, on the contrary, believes that the scopes trial marks the initiation of this technopolistic society. This trial demonstrated that religion’s “strength” was faltering in the more modern and intellectual society. Huxley in his novel goes as far to say that Ford will be the new messiah. Every citizen of the World State has replaced the God with Ford completely. But if America truly arrives at a world like the one Huxley describes what will still exist of the world as we know it now in values, morals, and satisfaction?