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{{quote|''"Come see the violence [[Inherent in the System]]! [[Trope Namer|Help! Help! I'm being repressed!]]"''|'''Dennis the Peasant''', ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]''.}} |
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When you live under the thumb of [[The Evil Empire]] or a [[Dystopia|Dystopian]] government, they have several ways to keep you there. This is a list of the many ways. |
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[[Trope Namers|Named]] for a line in ''[[Monty Python and The Holy Grail]]'', which may have its origins in a [[Older Than They Think|Norman legal proceeding]] called the [[wikipedia:Clameur de haro|clameur de haro]]. |
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=== Tropes === |
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* [[Civil Unrest Tropes]] |
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* [[The Index Is Watching You]] |
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* [[A Slave to the Index]] |
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* [[A Tortured Index]] |
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* [[Airstrip One]]: Your country no longer has a name. |
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* [[Being Tortured Makes You Evil]]: If they don't like you, torture them 'till they do. |
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* [[Big Brother Is Watching]]: Intruding in all aspects of private life. |
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* [[Canned Orders Over Loudspeaker]]: Broadcasting propaganda ''everywhere''. |
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* [[Cold-Blooded Torture]]: When used as a method for oppression. |
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* [[Crushing the Populace]]: When an empire decides that an area it has gained or regained a hold on must be punished, rather than rebuilt. |
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* [[Dystopian Edict]]: If you break the edict, you suffer the government's wrath. |
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** [[The Evils of Free Will]]: We can't have everyone making up their own minds, now can we? |
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* [[Exalted Torturer]]: Torture is heroic! Those people being tortured had it coming, so it's OK! |
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* [[Fascists' Bed Time]]: Forced Curfews. |
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* [[Force Feeding]]: When the victim won't eat, or just to torture them. |
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* [[Forced to Watch]]: [[Cold-Blooded Torture]] is so passe. Better to make the victim watch loved ones suffer! |
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* [[Full-Circle Revolution]]: Leaders change, but things stay the same. |
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* [[Government Drug Enforcement]]: Forcing everybody to take mind-controlling drugs. |
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* [[Happiness Is Mandatory]]: Show how wonderful the regime makes you feel, on pain of death. |
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* [[Icon of Rebellion]]: The symbol of freedom fighters opposing the government. |
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* [[Lady Land]]: Sucks to be a guy. |
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* [[Mister Danger]]: A foreign (and usually white) oppressor against the natives. |
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* [[Newspeak]]: Political correctness turned [[Up to Eleven]]. |
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* [[No Woman's Land]]: Sucks to be a girl. |
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* [[People's Republic of Tyranny]]: Masquerading as a democracy. |
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* [[Police Brutality]]: Police are given free rein to get brutal on those who don't toe the line. |
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* [[Police State]]: Keeping a close watch over the citizens. |
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** [[Culture Police]]: Censoring all forms of art that seem subversive. |
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** [[Secret Police]]: A stealth repressive arm that secretly abducts troublemakers. |
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* [[Population Control]]: In order to have a manageable population, the government takes measure to keep the population within certain limits, either by sterilization or punishing dissenters. Alternatively if the government needs labor or armies, they will mandate or encourage more babies. |
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* [[President for Life]] |
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* [[Propaganda Machine]]: Hiding the truth from the people, feeding them lies instead. |
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* [[Reign of Terror]]: Causing panic to turn the population docile and easily manipulable. |
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* [[Released to Elsewhere]]: Executions are covered up with lies by the powers that be. |
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* [[The Presents Were Never From Santa]]: Used as an excuse to justify oppressive power. |
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* [[Two Plus Torture Makes Five|2 + Torture = 5]]: Forcing people to believe in a lie. |
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* [[Thoughtcrime]]: You're not allowed to even ''think'' against the establishment. |
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* [[Unperson]]: Erasing someone from existence, when used as a method for oppression. |
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* [[You Are Number Six]]: Numbering people as a means of dehumanization and oppression. |
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[[Category:Evil Tropes]] |
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[[Category:Index Index]] |
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[[Category:index]] |
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