In the former Soviet Union, it was illegal to listen to the BEatles or wear blue jeans. Long hair was forbidden and could result in arrest of the offender. It was all about western degeneracy influencing the minds of  the  workers.   The thinking by FN is the same. People could not have what they find interesting because it clashes with the official cultural limits. Life in the USSR was like a grey drab and lifeless gulag, much like life on grey drab  reserve.