In 1958, Aldous Huxley 's " BRAVE NEW WORLD REVISITED " came out ( I got a copy as a Christmas present ), wherein he presents what he saw as the world's rushing forward , rapidly, into his nightmare vision of the future. He rants and raves about overpopulation, talks about the shame it is, that modern marvels have made possible for the disabled, mentally retarded, etc. to live into adulthood and beyond ( Fabian eugenic theory subtlly interjected rather covertly here ), and his discussions of all forms of propaganda , makes him sound as though he is against it; but you have to reread his comments, in order to see where he's actually going with this little tirade.
Though Huxley quotes Jefferson ( he sounds quite like a FR Libertarian ! LOL ) , one must always remember his background and look closely at the points that he is actually making in this slim volume.
"Big Government and Big Business already possess, or very soon will possess, all the techniques for mind-manipulation described in 'Brave New World', along with others of which I was too unimaginative to dream . . . . [T]hey will (unless prevented) make use of all the mind-manipulating techniques at their disposal and will not hesitate to reinforce these methods of non-rational persuasion by economic coercion and threats of physical violence. If this kind of tyranny is to be avoided, we must begin without delay to educate our children for freedom and self-government."
He ends the book with these words:
"Perhaps the forces that menace freedom are too strong to be resisted for very long. It is still our duty to do whatever we can to resist them."
I think you misconstrue his own words. V's wife.