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* The premise of [[John Ringo]]'s ''[[Council Wars]]'' series is that humanity (well, the lazy dregs left on Earth anyway) has become utterly dependent on the all powerful AI Mother, and when that goes away they revert to panicked barbarism.

* This happens to John Galt in ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'', when the economy is about to collapse and the government asks for his help. [[Justified Title|He refuses]].

* [[Andre Norton]]'s ''[[Alternate History|The Crossroads of Time]]'' offered this as part of the explanation for the Wardsmen's non-interference directive: "We must not lend crutches and so produce cripples."

 

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* ''[[The Gods of Arr-Kelaan]]'' when Mike, god of Honor/Valor, first gained his powers he worked as a superhero causing this effect. He decided he needed to change his strategy.

* In the ''[[Sluggy Freelance]]'' arc "Phoenix Rising," Oasis takes the role of vigilante protector for the town of Podunkton. Most of the citizens accept her either out of gratitude or fear of being next on her hit list, and the local police force thinks this is just peachy, since they get to collect their government paychecks without having to do squat. Officer Tod ''does'' prove himself able to hold his own against an expert assassin, though, having been a mob enforcer before Oasis cleaned up the town.