Like soma from "Brave New World", what's another Sci-Fi method of keeping an entire population happy?

Like soma from "Brave New World", what's another Sci-Fi method of keeping an entire population happy?

Nerve stapling.

Stable income from abstract sources of labor.

Prevents people from rising up if they're forced to give up an 80k/yr job.

food and distraction

Oxytocin in water supply. And yes they're contemplating it

Television, FB, Twitter
Don't need pills when you can control minds with social media.

Plugging people into the Matrix?

Lots and lots of porn.

Getting them to willingly plug themselves into the matirx.

Sexy bots.

If they had sex bots that looked real and acted real and were indistinguishable from real women. And cost maybe the same as a car.

That would do it