I remember reading something that was comparing different forms of control in society. I think it used Western media controlling narratives as an example of more subliminal control, and then compared to something like the subjective enforcement of hard-coded rules in potentially the USSR. I want to say it may have been Zizek as I think there was some humor to the comparison pointing out the irony.

I was wondering if this rings a bell for anyone because I am having trouble finding it.