He was a disciple of Huxley, who in turn was part of the British establishment. The two debated what the dystopian future would look like in their private correspondence, with Huxley basically telling Orwell (pen name) that Orwell's vision of the future required overt control over the population. Huxley stated that the people would be happily subjugated, no need for overt enslavement of the people. They would own nothing and be happy..