1 | '''Basic Trope''': The most intelligent people support a tyrannical government. |
2 | * '''Straight''': The intellectuals support TheEmpire. |
3 | * '''Exaggerated''': Intellectuals support the EvilEmpire even though it was created entirely and openly for the purpose of [[KickTheDog kicking dogs]] and [[DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans making life hell.]] |
4 | * '''Downplayed''': The intellectuals don't support the [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified rebels]] and instead think that it's possible to [[InternalReformist reform]] TheEmpire [[InternalReformist from within.]] |
5 | * '''Justified''': |
6 | ** TheEmpire is highly pro-intellectual and treats people of average or below-average intelligence like they have a disability. They can be bought and sold like everyone else. |
7 | ** TheEmpire controls the educational system and what people learn through college. Intelligent people can still be manipulated, especially if all they learn in college is to support the Empire. |
8 | ** The uneducated are unable to be brainwashed by the Empire specifically because they are uneducated. |
9 | ** TheEmpire is [[WellIntentionedExtremist keeping its citizens safe]] from something worse than any of its mistreatments that only the intellectuals know about. |
10 | ** TheEmpire [[TheUnfettered does not require]] its scientists to adhere to ethical guidelines, instead [[PlayingWithSyringes giving them free range to perform experiments]]. |
11 | ** The smart people know that getting on the Empire's bad side is tantamount to suicide. |
12 | ** The intellectuals are still human, and are bribed by the Empire. No level of intelligence can excuse their immoral behavior. |
13 | * '''Inverted''': |
14 | ** TheEmpire is only supported by [[TheDitz idiots.]] |
15 | ** TheEmpire's main policy is one of AntiIntellectualism. |
16 | ** Intellectuals are TheEmpire's top opponents, carefully balancing their opposition with [[VetinariJobSecurity being too useful to be disposed of]]. |
17 | * '''Subverted''': |
18 | ** The intellectuals only pretend to support TheEmpire out of fear of the SecretPolice. |
19 | ** TheEmpire [[GoodAllAlong isn't actually evil]] despite the [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized rebels believing it to be so]]. |
20 | ** TheEmpire's supporting "intellectuals" are [[KnowNothingKnowItAll poseurs]] and buffoons; actual intellectuals are with LaResistance, [[PersecutedIntellectuals having been driven underground]]. |
21 | * '''Double Subverted''': |
22 | ** TheMole claims that he only supports TheEmpire out of fear of the SecretPolice, but then turns around and gives a MotiveRant about why the "philistines" in the Resistance deserve their fate when he inevitably betrays them. |
23 | ** TheEmpire is even worse than its harshest critics thought it was. |
24 | ** Emperor Evulz has pseudo-intellectuals to flatter him in front of the masses, while also having a group of [[HonestAdvisor real intellectuals who are allowed to question Evulz's ideas and plans]]. |
25 | * '''Parodied''': Intelligence tests are based solely on one's support for TheEmpire. This isn't even absurd propaganda -- this is in neutral or enemy countries! |
26 | * '''Zig-Zagged''': |
27 | ** Some intellectuals support TheEmpire, others don't. |
28 | *** The support varies mostly by field. |
29 | ** Some intellectuals go back and forth between supporting and opposing TheEmpire. |
30 | * '''Averted''': It's not shown whether intellectuals support TheEmpire or not. |
31 | ** Intellectuals take a dim view of both the empire and [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized the rebels]] with reasoning explicitly explained in detail. |
32 | * '''Enforced''': |
33 | ** The Author is an anti-intellectual and is {{demoniz|ation}}ing intellectuals. |
34 | ** The Author is writing about a real-life dictatorship that performed cruel human experiments. |
35 | * '''Lampshaded''': "Why does every smart guy support the tyranny? You would think that they'd know better because they're [[ShapedLikeItself smart.]]" |
36 | * '''Invoked''': Emperor Evulz gives lots of benefits to intellectuals to gain their support. |
37 | * '''Exploited''': Emperor Evulz uses intellectual support as a [[PropagandaMachine Propaganda Piece]] to {{demoniz|ation}}e rebels as idiots. |
38 | * '''Defied''': The rebels go to a lot of trouble to make sure intellectuals know everything there is to know about the [[KickTheDog atrocities]] committed by TheEmpire. |
39 | * '''Discussed''': "I can't believe all my colleagues agreed to work for TheEmpire! These experiments are utterly barbaric, and they aren't even scientific!" |
40 | * '''Conversed''': "Well, obviously, that's a more livable place than, say, Khmer Rouge-era Cambodia, but that might make it worse for good government in the long run because the best and the brightest can come up with good defences of their regime." |
41 | * '''Deconstructed''': The support that TheEmpire had from the intellectuals (real or [[TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized imagined]]) causes anti-intellectualism to flourish post-revolution, resulting in a [[ThePurge purge.]] After ThePurge, the rebels, who are now in charge, have a lot of difficulty rebuilding damaged infrastructure due to the [[BrainDrain loss of people with difficult-to-replace technical skills.]] |
42 | * '''Reconstructed''': For that reason, they learned the technical skills from the disfavoured intellectuals -- though said intellectuals remain disfavoured for the good reason that they supported the repressive former regime. So, they think in terms of GoodPowersBadPeople here. |
43 | * '''Implied''': Imperial representatives shown to be WickedCultured are visiting a region where TheEmpire is unpopular. Locals denounce them using SlobsVersusSnobs rhetoric. |
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48 | %%* '''Plotted a Good Waste''': ??? |
49 | %%* '''Played for Laughs''': ??? |
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