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[[File:Reign of Terror.jpg|frame|''"The first maxim of your policy ought to be to lead the people by reason and the people's enemies by terror."'' --[[Maximilien Robespierre|Robespierre]]]] |
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Named after the Reign of Terror in [[The French Revolution]], when the guillotine was used and overused against many people. |
Named after the Reign of Terror in [[The French Revolution]], when the guillotine was used and overused against many people. |
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Compare and contrast with [[Full-Circle Revolution]] which has virtually no change in the way things are governed after the revolution. These revolutions are |
Compare and contrast with [[Full-Circle Revolution]] which has virtually no change in the way things are governed after the revolution. These revolutions are compatible—in that a revolution can produce no real change even after ruthlessly slaughtering large chunks of the population, and indeed, after all this slaughter, people may be quite content to merely get back to the old ways. The Empire variant is [[Crushing the Populace]] where you make sure no one will oppose you through sheer brutality. |
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== [[Film]] == |
== [[Film]] == |
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* The Norsefire party in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' engineered this, first through fear-mongering and inducing xenophobia in the populace, then by the spread of a horrific virus to throw everything into a panic, and then, when they had gained power, by means of a Gestapo-like organization devoted to removing any citizens who posed the slightest threat to the government. The whole plot is a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi reign]]. |
* The Norsefire party in ''[[V for Vendetta]]'' engineered this, first through fear-mongering and inducing xenophobia in the populace, then by the spread of a horrific virus to throw everything into a panic, and then, when they had gained power, by means of a Gestapo-like organization devoted to removing any citizens who posed the slightest threat to the government. The whole plot is a [[Satire, Parody, Pastiche|pastiche]] of the [[Those Wacky Nazis|Nazi reign]]. |
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* In the Woody Allan film, ''[[Bananas]]'', the rebels overthrow the evil Central American dictatorship. Then the new leader goes batshit insane and starts his |
* In the Woody Allan film, ''[[Bananas]]'', the rebels overthrow the evil Central American dictatorship. Then the new leader goes batshit insane and starts his Reign of Terror. So the rebels get Woody to be leader instead. [[Hilarity Ensues]]. |
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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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*** It's left up to the audience to decide whether the mirror was really cursed or if it was all part of the dictator's paranoia. |
*** It's left up to the audience to decide whether the mirror was really cursed or if it was all part of the dictator's paranoia. |
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* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' "Collaborators" |
* ''[[Battlestar Galactica Reimagined]]'' "Collaborators" |
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* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' did an episode set during [[The French Revolution]] that was actually titled " |
* ''[[Doctor Who]]'' did an episode set during [[The French Revolution]] that was actually titled "Reign of Terror". |
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* As did ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' . |
* As did ''[[The Time Tunnel]]'' . |
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