The world is a truly scary place in terms of the number of individuals and organizations, who use various means to control your thoughts and actions.
I naively believed that the rich would just enjoy their riches, but it seems that wealth and leisure are not enough, control over those who are struggling to obtain welath and leisure seems to be second nature to many of them.
It is a pity that the wealthy who don't wish to control the lives of others, like they are Kings, and simply want to lead hedonistic lives, aren't the ones in power.
The book looks like a good read, I will seek it out, thanks for the link.