indoctrination in society theme
An institution (for example the government, the church, or the military) uses its powers to indoctrinate individuals into a way of thinking. For "indoctrination" to apply a certain amount of coercion and intolerance towards contrarian views is required.
5 total · 5 major
| Story | Level | Motivation |
|---|---|---|
| movie: Brave New World (1980) | major | From birth, members of every class are indoctrinated by recorded voices repeating slogans while they sleep to believe their own class is superior, but that the other classes perform needed functions. Any residual unhappiness was resolved by an antidepressant and hallucinogenic drug called soma. |
| movie: Brave New World (1998) | major | The society controllers ensured that everyone was conditioned from birth to follow stability and harmony ensuring societal norms. |
| movie: Logans Run (1976) | major | The people in a computer-run city were raised to unquestioningly believe that it was necessary to commit ritual suicide at the age of 30. |
| movie: Starchaser: The Legend of Orin (1985) | major | In the future on a planet named Trinia, human slaves have lived underground for millennia mining crystals for a fake god named Zygon. It turned out that the god was just another one of the robots and this was all a performance designed to instill obedience among the miners. |
| novel: The Island of Doctor Moreau (1896) | major | Dr. Moreau indoctrinated the Beast Folk to abide in a list of Ten Commandment-like laws in an effort to maintain control over them. |