drugged up dystopia theme
There is a world in which stability is maintained thanks to one or more drugs that keep people under control, perhaps by making them feel perpetually happy.
6 total · 1 choice · 3 major · 2 minor
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| novel: The Futurological Congress (1971) | choice | benignizers and all sorts of other drugs keep people content and controlled |
| movie: Brave New World (1980) | major | The ruling class indoctrinated everyone into willingly taking the happiness-producing drug called soma in order to maintain a stable and harmonious society. |
| movie: Brave New World (1998) | major | The ruling class indoctrinated everyone into willingly taking the happiness-producing drug called Soma in order to maintain a stable and harmonious society. |
| movie: Equilibrium (2002) | major | The story is set in a future totalitarian city-state the inhabitants of which are required to take psychoactive drugs to suppress their emotions. |
| movie: The Girl from Monday (2005) | minor | Students were drugged daily with anti-anxiety medications in this hyper-consumerist society. |
| tz1959e5x17 | minor | There was a drug called "instant smile" which worked as a cure for philosophical brooding. |