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{{quote|''As the Americans learned so painfully in Earth's final century, free flow of information is the only safeguard against tyranny. The once-chained people whose leaders at last lose their grip on information flow will soon burst with freedom and vitality, but the free nation gradually constricting its grip on public discourse has begun its rapid slide into despotism. Beware of he who would deny you access to information, for in his heart he deems himself your master.''|''[[Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri]]'', Commissioner Pravin Lal, "U.N. Declaration of Rights"}}
Alice has something she wants to share with the world. A scientific advancement, most often. She's going to go public and make the world, perhaps, a little better. Maybe it's the cure for a disease, a solution for world hunger or an abundant source of energy. Maybe it's [[ET Gave Us Wi
But... uh oh, Bob doesn't like it. You see, he [[Corrupt Corporate Executive|has ties to a big business]] that stands to lose a lot if that invention is released to the general public. If only Alice wasn't so into this [http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/why-free.html "free for everybody"] nonsense, they could do some business exploiting the oppressed masses like he has been doing with much success so far. Alice must die, and her research with it.
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* ''[[Sand Land]]'' concerns the efforts of the main characters to find an oasis in a world that's nothing but desert. They're opposed by the king and his government who control the only other source of water.
* This is the reason for Laughing Man's struggle in ''[[Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex]]''. A scientist found an effective cure for cyberbrain sclerosis (a phenomenon where people with electronic brain implants would have parts of their organic brains harden, essentially the future version of alzheimers and AIDS), but various people with ties to nanobot companies<ref>Being a post cyberpunk work, the conspiritors had different motives; some wanted to make more money, others had grudges and others sincerely believed letting a few people die so that more research into the nanobot treatments would be done was worth it in the long run.</ref> surpressed the discovery (they didn't outright kill the scientist, just discredited him and arranged a media blackout) so that they could continue selling expensive nanobot treatments which (at the time) were much less effective.
* This is the main conflict of ''[[Gundam Unicorn]]'' and the Laplace Box: {{spoiler|It contains the original draft of the colonies' charter, stating that they were always meant to be free from the Earth governments. Meaning that ''Zeon was right all along''!}}
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