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{{quote|Tonight! Can America defeat ISIS?<ref>As of this edit "ISIS" currently goes by the name of the Islamic State (the acronym for this is "IS", of course.) Even so, they are still often called an acronym for one of their former names (typically "ISIS"). ISIS is also called Daesh, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141002173333/http://www.france24.com/en/20140917-france-switches-arabic-daesh-acronym-islamic-state/ (and it is not a name they hold fondly)]</ref> And if so, can we then defeat the more extremist group, who fills the vacuum left by ISIS?

|Stephen Colbert|[[Colbert Report]]<ref>original air date 9/3/2014</ref>}}

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{{quote|Tonight! Can America defeat ISIS?<ref>As of this edit "ISIS" currently goes by the name of the Islamic State (the acronym for this is "IS", of course.) Even so, they are still often called an acronym for one of their former names (typically "ISIS"). ISIS is also called Daesh, [https://web.archive.org/web/20141002173333/http://www.france24.com/en/20140917-france-switches-arabic-daesh-acronym-islamic-state/ (and it is not a name they hold fondly)]</ref> And if so, can we then defeat the more extremist group, who fills the vacuum left by ISIS?~~|Stephen Colbert|[[Colbert Report]]<ref>original air date 9/3/2014</ref>}}~~

The mindset is this: you see a world without fear, without anger, hate, or war. And then you go and conquer that world, because they'd never expect it.

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See also [[Balance Between Good and Evil]], [[Enemy Civil War]], [[Asskicking Equals Authority]] and [[The Starscream]].

== Anime & Manga ==

* The premise for the Doryu Arc of ''[[Rave Master]]'' is that other criminal groups are trying to become top dog after Demon Card was destroyed. However, before the arc is even over Demon Card has been revived by the new [[Big Bad]].

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* Russia underwent this with the Time of Troubles following the death of czar Ivan the Terrible.

* Took place several times in Chinese history notably in the [[Romance of the Three Kingdoms|Three Kingdoms]] period.

*It has long (as in going back to Medieval times at least) a theory of political philosophy among scholars of several civilizations that this is a recurring phenomenon, and in fact it is often used to justify [[The Empire]] as the [[Lesser of Two Evils]]. Basically a dynasty will get weak on luxury until it's nobles get tired of it and talented military officers who have spent their careers [[HAD to Be Sharp|on the frontier]] are apt to regard it with contempt especially when said weakness bespeaks an inability to protect security.

*It has long been (as in going back to Medieval times at least) a theory of political philosophy among scholars of several civilizations that this is a recurring phenomenon, and in fact it is often used to justify [[The Empire]] as the [[Lesser of Two Evils]]. Basically a dynasty will get weak on luxury until it's nobles get tired of it and talented military officers who have spent their careers [[HAD to Be Sharp|on the frontier]] are apt to regard it with contempt especially when said weakness bespeaks an inability to protect security.