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* [[Oni]] definitely uses this trope. The first social issue is the environment. The environment is polluted like you would not believe. The government not only does nothing to address it, apart from using Atmospheric Processors to make the cities livable, but it brands anyone who tries to bring it up as enemies of the state and will crush attempts to reveal it. The second social issue is the development of science and technology. The government keeps an eye on scientists and carefully checks to make sure any technology developed is approvable (in other words, will not threaten it). They use the Technological Crimes Task Force as a [[Secret Police]] force to enforce this.
* The [[Crapsack World]] of ''[[BlazBlue]]'' is this thanks to NOL. They're also pretty justified in that, following the [[Dystopia/Playing With|'Playing With' page of this trope straight and justified]].
* The second Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games provide an example of this, when you go to a future where
* Riverford in ''[[Octopath Traveler]]'' went from an idyllic village to a tyrannical hellhole once [[The Caligula|Werner]] took over and murdered its rightful lord. He and his men keep the town's populace in a stranglehold, taxing the citizenry out of the blue and fining them on trumped-up charges while threatening them with imprisonment and a public execution if they don't pay up. And Werner's public executions aren't ''merely'' beheadings or anything quick: he burns criminals alive at the stake, and since [[All Crimes Are Equal]] in Werner's eyes, he's just as willing to burn people to death for looking suspicious or insulting him as he is with murderers and thieves. The eerie sunset and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vMpc-eB7js ominous background music] further set the mood and make it very clear that this is a city best avoided at all costs.
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