The dystopian society in which the government is so oppressive that the people have no choice for themselves is worse than a false happiness society which doesn't know the oppression of the government. That is because the you are taken from your own life, and then become a slave to the dictator, like a slave. While, a false happiness society still has some freedom, and believe that the dictator is good.
In examples you still see this is true. Like for instance, Stalin, with the Communist party, had to force people to obey, but if they refused, they were put into labor camps. The citizens of the underworld, in the game Undertale, were forced to their new home by the humans. The citizens soon found a false happiness, and hope, if they killed one human, they would have 7 souls and the King would become God, and they could go back to the surface. Monsters were forced to fight, and none of them seemed to care, until they were showed confection.
Though barely anyone used the false happiness approach, it is a better thought-process. This is shown in many pieces of fiction. Like in 1984, where they tried to force false happiness, and they succeeded with Winston later in the book, by torturing him. While, there are many oppressive society exist in history, like Hitler, where they took over land and forced the Jewish and Catholic people in camps.
The oppressive society is scarier than the false happiness one. The “happy” slave is better than the tortured one. It is shown through the many examples that this essay listed.
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