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== [[Fan Works]] ==
* This is an attitude frequently ascribed to Albus Dumbledore in ''[[Harry Potter]]'' fan fiction: in far too many fan stories he is firmly convinced that [[Black and White Morality|there is only the Light and the Dark]], and ''he'' is the one who decides which one you are. And far too often in these cases, the deciding factor is whether or not you follow ''him'' unquestioningly.
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* Bernadine Dohrn, a prominent member of the [[wikipedia:Weatherman (organization)|Weather Underground]] during the Black Power movement and the protests against the Vietnam War, famously stated: "White youth must choose sides ''now''. They must either fight on the side of the oppressed, or be on the side of the oppressor."
* In 1956, Hungarians revolted against the harsh Communist dictatorship. The revolution was crushed by Soviet troops, but a much milder reigme was established under János Kádár. In 1961, he inverted this statement, saying that "whoever is not against the People's Republic of Hungary is for it."
* The fragmenting of politics in the 2010s and 2020s is based on "us versus them". No need to list specific examples; there have been plenty of cases in multiple countries where some legislators voted against popular or needed legislation simply because it was introduced by somebody in a different party.
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