Thought you may also appreciate this steemit post from a few weeks back, if you haven't seen it already:

Much less known than George Orwell was an author named Aldous Huxley, someone you often don't hear much about. In contrast to Orwell's dystopia where the totalitarian dictatorship was put in place by violence, Huxley presented a world in which the violence would in fact be unnecessary, since the people would simply let it happen.

A clear cut form of evil has a tough time getting over with the masses because, well duh, everybody is against evil. No one tyrant will ever rise to power by saying: "Hey guys, I'm for evil things! Support me and I will do them!" No, of course not. The tyrant that will actually oppress us is the tyrant we don't notice. The tyrant we don't see. The best way to sneak up on us when we're not looking is to distract us. Just like Huxley says, we're in the middle of so much noise that it becomes increasingly difficult to hear the sounds that really matter. Angry peasants are difficult to control, but having an abundance of distractions to throw at the peasants makes them more easily manageable: give them just enough toys to play with that will keep them from seeing their prison.

https://steemit.com/philosophy/@schattenjaeger/are-we-headed-towards-1984-or-will-we-just-amuse-ourselves-to-death-an-analysis-of-george-orwell-aldous-huxley-and-life