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== Anime and Manga ==
* In ''[[Fullmetal Alchemist (
== Comic Books ==
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* In one of the stories of Ooka Tadasuke, a famous Japanese judge of the 18th century, he has to divide a father's estate between twin sons. One is known as greedy and selfish; the other is known as having helped the father and for being honorable. No one can tell which son is which. Ooka picks one son at random and tells him to divide the estate. The chosen son starts giving himself all the money and property; and gives his brother merely the good will of the neighbors. The crowd thinks Ooka made a huge mistake {{spoiler|until Ooka announces that he told the son to divide the estate, but that only Ooka has the power to '''award''' the items. Ooka gives the money to the honorable son and tells the greedy son that he needs the neighbors' good will more}}.
* In the first novel of the ''[[Slave World]]'' series, the heroine is horrified with how naively her colleagues embrace the [[Alternate Timeline]] world they have found. The scientists joins the society, believing that they will get to be part of the aristocracy and thus accept the social order where the aristocrats have absolute power over everyone else. {{spoiler|And yes, they do end up enslaved.}}
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* Debated in the book ''SS-GB'' by [[Len Deighton]]. SS Standartenfuhrer Oskar Huth states that when he figured out that the Nazi party was going to be in power, he decided that the only position that was acceptable to him was in the ruling class. Strength determined your status in Nazi life and he was going to be on top, regardless of the cost.
* Invoked in one of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s essays, quoting a dialogue at a social function. See page quote above.
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== Tabletop Games ==
* In ''Book of the Dead'', a book for the ''[[
* In ''[[
** It's mentioned in ''Fiendish Codex II'' that this is why Lawful Evil characters often make deals with devils - they expect to swiftly take positions of power and prestige in the diabolic hierarchy after their deaths. "No tyrant looks upon a wretched lemure and thinks that this will be their afterlife."
* In the [[Mutant Chronicles]] book ''Ilian'', there are two short-stories on this theme. Humans who joined [[Religion of Evil|the cult of Ilian]] because they wanted to become the exploiters rather then the exploited. And of course, their futures are ''so'' bright, since Ilian will smile upon them forever... until they fail or get backstabbed by each other, that is. Suckers.
* ''[[Warhammer 40000
== Theater ==
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