It is not madness. It is all designed for the total control of culture, economy, thought and speech.
You are entirely correct. I wish more people saw that.
(It is only madness in the same spiritual way that all evil is mad, as C. S. Lewis vividly portrayed in That Hideous Strength, the third volume of the so-called Space Trilogy.)
Where’s Mr. Bultitude when you need him? Since we can’t access Merlin to call down Glund, Lurga, Malacandra, Perelandra, and Viritrilbia...