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Examples shall be limited to works that notably concern themselves with Third World themes. If we had to list all the episodes of television shows where the main conflict isn't starvation, we'd be here all day.
== Film==
* Post-apocalyptic fiction in general. In situations where people already haven't all died of radiation sickness, [[Scavenger World|the worlds shown are marked by limited resources]], with any law in play enforced by brutal warlords.▼
* ''[[City of God]]'', taking place as it does in the ghettos of Rio De Janeiro, and how one of the few chances people have for escape is self-destructive crime. One of the turning points for the main character is how he simultaneously loses his virginity while taking the first hot shower he's ever
== Literature ==
▲* Post-apocalyptic fiction in general. In situations where people already haven't all died of radiation sickness, [[Scavenger World|the worlds shown are marked by limited resources]], with any law in play enforced by brutal warlords.d.
== Live Action TV ==
* ''[[Firefly]]'': The technology is there if you can afford it, but Mal and his crew constantly have to deal with basic human needs like food and medicine, the corruption of the Alliance, worlds run by petty despots, and the constant threat of violence.
* ''[[The Wire]]'': Taking place in the ghettos of Baltimore, one of the main themes of the series is how institutional dysfunction creates the Third World conditions of the inner city, feeds into criminal organizations, and inevitably aligns consumer culture with addiction culture.
* [[Invoked Trope]] by [[Cloudcuckoolander|Phoebe]] on ''[[Friends]]'' of all places. At first, [[Broken Bird|her mother's suicide and teenage homelessness]] were occasionally played for [[Black Comedy]], but later became part of her [[Character Development]].
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