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{{trope}}
{{quote|<poem>''In suspended animation my childhood passed me by''
''If I speak without emotion, you'll know the reason why''
''Now i'm to begin a life that i'm assigned''
''A life that's been lived before a thousand times''</poem>|'''[[The Who]]''', ''905''}}
In any given society that works via a collective or [[Hive Mind]], the introduction of individuality into a single member can have one of several consequences.
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See also [[Loss of Identity]], the consequence of this on former individuals.
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== [[Comics]] ==
* In ''[[Infinite Crisis]]'', the Monitor/Anti-monitor dichotomy is fractured into multiple Monitors, one per remaining alternate Earth. During much of ''[[Countdown to Final Crisis]]'' they are too busy arguing to stop the events that are destroying the remaining 52 worlds. As [[Atop the Fourth Wall|Linkara]] put it;
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* In the game ''[http://tinyurl.com/c8ek4w Zero]'', the [[PC]]'s are former members of the Equanimity, an underground hive mind revolving around Queen Zero. They must escape from their now-hostile former comrades.
* [[Exalted|She Who Lives in Her Name]], otherwise known as the Principle of Hierarchy, believes that free will and individuality are horrible mistakes that ought to be corrected, and has Charms that help to make this trope a reality. Ironically, she herself has free will, something she abhors with her entire being and tries to stamp out through absolute and loyal service to her King, Malfeas.
== Real life ==▼
* North Korea▼
* Soviet Russia▼
* Nazi Germany▼
* Fascist Italy▼
* Ba'athist Iraq ▼
* Any totalitarian or authoritarian regime will have this to at least some degree, although in real life [[Dystopia Is Hard]] and thus practical difficulties on enforcement may make individuality ''nominally'' illegal but permitted (to at least some degree) in practice.▼
== [[Video Games]] ==
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* In ''[[Penumbra (video game series)|Penumbra]]: Black Plague'' a failed attempt to assimilate you into the [[Hive Mind]] results in one of the members being stuck in your head. "Clarence" hates it so much that will try to lead you to your death in order to die with you or reintegrate. When you {{spoiler|finally manage to transfer him into another body, he is quickly destroyed by other members of the [[Hive Mind]] as he's become too unique during the time he spent inside you.}}
{{quote|{{spoiler|'''''There cannot be one. There can only be us all. There cannot be one. There can only be us all...'''''}}}}
== [[Web Original]] ==
* This was one of the core tenets of the losing side of the Great War that took place 80 years before the opening of ''[[RWBY]]'', which inspired their opposition to institute a tradition of [[Colorful Theme Naming]] in protest and defiance.
▲== Real life ==
▲* North Korea
▲* Soviet Russia
▲* Nazi Germany
▲* Fascist Italy
▲* Ba'athist Iraq
▲* Any totalitarian or authoritarian regime will have this to at least some degree, although in real life [[Dystopia Is Hard]] and thus practical difficulties on enforcement may make individuality ''nominally'' illegal but permitted (to at least some degree) in practice.
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