mind controlled society theme

Society is supposedly ideal thanks to the use of mass mind control.

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StoryLevelMotivation
movie: The Invasion (2007) choice The alien virus controlled people were endeavoring to make a world devoid of individual desire and interpersonal conflict in which everyone is somehow harmoniously linked in a humanity encompassing hive mind.
movie: It Conquered the World (1956) major Tom Anderson was convinced that Venusian intervention on Earth would somehow bring peace and an end of personal conflict through a kind of emotion suppressing mass mind control.
movie: The Brain Eaters (1958) major The founders plotted to bring peace to mankind by parasitizing everyone with neural parasites that stop people from getting into conflicts.
movie: They Live (1988) major Aliens, who had insinuated themselves as the ruling class, used ubiquitous subliminal messages to control people.
movie: Zontar the Thing from Venus (1966) major Keith Ritchie was convinced that Zontar would bring peace and an end of all conflict on Earth through a kind of emotion suppressing mass mind control.
shortstory: The Tissue-Culture King (1927) major Bugala used Hascombe's science to transform his nation into the sort of place where the leader regularly issued commands telepathically to all the citizens.
tos1x22 major Landru took over Betan society and mind controlled them to make everyone peaceful.