Firstly the society of the one state was founded on mathematics this is because maths is precise and every aspect of the one state that can be expressed in maths is. This motif of maths recurred in the text to show the importance of maths and how it is integrated into the society of the one state.
Cyphers have been given numbers instead of names I think this is too create unity and equality in a society where the collective is more important than the individual. Numbers are precise and are mathematical and what the society was founded on where as names give individuality something that is disliked in the one state. Also names were originally given by parents by the one state giving numbers they are effectively children of the one state instead of children of the parents.
Life in the one state is strictly controlled to try and increase the productivity of the one state as it is a big working machine. An example of this control is the control over sex. This has been done by the one state to separate love from sex by making sex a routine and a simple part of everyday life. The one state tries to control love as it is irrational and can cause irrational behaviour and cannot be expressed in mathematics which the one state is based on, precise perfect numbers. But O shows us that love is extremely hard to control and O has grown to love D-503.
The one state in the society see freedom and happiness as non-related. I think this is to keep control with the cyphers, propaganda is used to put this idea forward so the cyphers don't feel like they are missing out on freedom and prefer a unified, structured society designed by the benefactor. Freedom from (war, famine, chaos, imperfection) rather than Freedom to (do anything you want in life).
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