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== [[Literature]] ==

* ''[[The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress]]'' by [[Robert Heinlein]]. Neither side is shown to be really ''evil'', per se, it's just that people on the Moon discover that their ecology is on the brink of collapse (due to their exporting almost exclusively agricultural products and never getting imports of things like ''water'' in return) and Earth not believing them. Of course, the Moon is much more ''sympathetic'', not only because the story is from [[Sympathetic POV|their POV]], but also because Earth regards them as literal scum of the Earth due to lunar colonization's origins as a [[Penal Colony]].

* Cleverly averted in [[Peter F. Hamilton]]'s [[The Nights Dawn Trilogy]]: a policy of "ethnic streaming" (all colonists coming from the same country on Earth) and independence of colonies once they were properly established ensures that, politically at least, [[The Federation|The Confederation]] is more or less stable... that is, if you don't count the Antimatter Syndicates, and, later, {{spoiler|the Possesed}}.

** The first extrasolar colonies did not follow ethnic streaming, and so, served as an example for future generations: they were splintered into warring nations and financially bankrupt.