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* In ''[[Cube]]'', the left-wing doctor's assumption that the Cube is part of some maniacal government plot is immediately shot down by the revelation that it's just a senseless project that no bureaucrat had the cojones to pull the plug on. Which, once the truth sinks in, she admits is actually worse.
* Both versions of ''[[The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951 film)|The Day the Earth Stood Still]]'' have Klaatu admonish humans for being irresponsible, not outright malicious.
* In ''[[Angels & Demons]]'', the main character is standing in the Vatican vaults when the power is cut, killing the oxygen supply, and leaving him unable to breathe. He immediately assumes that someone was trying to kill him, but he is assured that the Vatican police (who were systematically cutting power to parts of the city to find a bomb's location) accidentally cut power to the grid that supplied the vaults, nearly suffocating him by mistake.
* Most of [[The Coen Brothers]] ' films are studies on human stupidity and the horrible things it causes to happen.
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* ''[[Paranoia]]''. As deadly as the [[World Gone Mad|world of Alpha Complex]] is, the real threats aren't those out to get you, but the whole [[Fascist but Inefficient|incompetency of the system]]. The Computer wants to help you, not kill you, but unfortunately it isn't able to do that properly. Shortsightedness, competing interests, and general incompetence destroy the world.
* Double-whammy in ''[[Warhammer
** Inverse Hanlon's Razor still applies too, [[Horus Heresy|regarding the Emperor's treatment of his sons]], which ended up resulting in the [[Crapsack World|crapsackiness]] of the setting.
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