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== Literature ==
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' plays this trope for laughs. The president of the galaxy is ''expected'' to be corrupt and is occasionally imprisoned upon election.
* Willard Phule, of ''[[
* Senator John Caddrick shows up late in the ''[[Time Scout]]'' series, is deep in bed with [[The Syndicate]] and personally ordered multiple murders. His reputation is ''fearsome'' and well-deserved.
* ''[[Ender's Game]]'' ends with a war for control of Earth as the Chinese, Russians, and the US try to take control of the space fleet. [[Orson Scott Card]]'s opinion, demonstrated in the parallel series that succeeds it, of the elected Chinese and Russian governments is very poor.
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