Mass entertainment is what prevents society from becoming cognizant of and revolting against the absurd realities that surround them. Never mind the role models, and keep an eye on the sedative. The American drone operators realized quickly that they're killing innocent civilians; viewing a body of a child turning red to blue on an infrared camera's feed from 15000km away took a toll on the operators, so their senior management gave them endless entertainment and free booze every night with prostitutes. Because viewing silicone calcium cannons at night during your stupor will not endanger the status quo unlike the contemplation of a child's body changing colors on a screen caused by a trigger that you pulled in the morning.
You may note societies stricken with conflict generally have poor entertainment industries, as the public has more time and faculty to contemplate about and aggravate change in the real world; while societies with well-established entertainment industries generally have absurd realities with nobody to challenge the status quo in any meaningful way because their seditives are too potent.
