Bomb-Throwing Anarchists: Difference between revisions

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* Music example: Punk rockers often invoked this trope, posing as Bomb-Throwing Anarchists. The [[Ur Example]] may be the band [[Sex Pistols]], whose famous song "Anarchy in the UK" goes as follows:

{{quote|''I am an Antichrist

''I am an [[Painful Rhyme|anarchist]]

''[[Terrorists Without a Cause|Don't know what I want but I know how to get it]]

''I wanna destroy the passerby

''<nowiki>'</nowiki>Cause I wanna be

''Anarchy!

''In the city!

''[[Evil Laugh|Mwahahahaha!]] }}

** Note that we say The Sex Pistols ''posed'' as this type of anarchist. Later punk bands, such as The Dead Kennedys, do give voice to actual anarchist politics, relying more on snide humor and political activism than shock value.

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== Tabletop Games ==

* The cover of ''[http://misspentyouthgame.com/ Misspent Youth]'' by Robert Bohl, features a pair of anarchists, one of whom is brandishing a Molotov cocktail. The protagonist characters are all basically bomb throwing anarchists.

* The ''Planescape'' ''[[Dungeons ~~and~~ Dragons]]'' setting's Revolutionary League faction has a number of members who believe in "overthrow the status quo now," without worrying about what's going to replace it. On the other hand, their motives could be considered better than say, the Sinker fraction of the Doomguard, who worship entropy and destruction for its own sake, or the Xaositects, for whom "having a plan" isn't really an option.

* The ''Planescape'' ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' setting's Revolutionary League faction has a number of members who believe in "overthrow the status quo now," without worrying about what's going to replace it. On the other hand, their motives could be considered better than say, the Sinker fraction of the Doomguard, who worship entropy and destruction for its own sake, or the Xaositects, for whom "having a plan" isn't really an option.

** On the other hand, the Free League faction is more or less made up of [[Averted Trope|not-bomb throwing anarchists]], being a loose association of individuals trying to get with their lives without the other factions telling them what to do. They even organize themselves in a non-hierarchical way.

* ''[[Vampire: The Masquerade]]'' averted this in two ways:

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* The Jammers from ''[[Feng Shui]]'' definitely fit the trope, with a fondness for blowing up Feng Shui sites in order to carry out Battlechimp Potemkin's dream of a world without chi.

* ''[[Paranoia]]'' features the secret society "Death Leopard", a coalition of pseudo-anarchist party-animals.

* ''[[~~Seventh~~ Sea]]'' has an entire Secret Society of [[Bomb Throwing Anarchist]]s with its own splatbook. While the Rilisciare's reasons for being anti-authoritarian (nobles in the setting have access to sorcery that is {{spoiler|causing the barrier between the physical world and Hell to slowly weaken, and non-powered nobles have a history of betraying the Free Thinkers}}) are clearly stated, the society's history includes the point where they extended their enmity to include ''anyone'' with power, even mundane political power. Plus, all the good explosives abilities and equipment are in their splatbook (including the "Arson" and "Bomb-making" skills and a coat with ''hidden explosives in the buttons'').

* ''[[7th Sea]]'' has an entire Secret Society of [[Bomb Throwing Anarchist]]s with its own splatbook. While the Rilisciare's reasons for being anti-authoritarian (nobles in the setting have access to sorcery that is {{spoiler|causing the barrier between the physical world and Hell to slowly weaken, and non-powered nobles have a history of betraying the Free Thinkers}}) are clearly stated, the society's history includes the point where they extended their enmity to include ''anyone'' with power, even mundane political power. Plus, all the good explosives abilities and equipment are in their splatbook (including the "Arson" and "Bomb-making" skills and a coat with ''hidden explosives in the buttons'').

== Theatre ==

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