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Author: Xzenu

Mar 2nd 2011 at 6:40:32 PM

A lot of non-resistance people in Nazi Germany was good normal people who didn't harm anyone. Most adults didn't even vote for Hitler, and those who did only got to vote before he got totally out of hand.

Most civilians in Nazi Germany was InnocentBystander or MinionWithAnFInEvil.

My main concern right now is if we should use a wide or narrow trope definition. Should we include "evil nation with good population - regardless of narrative viewpoint", or limit it to cases where the protagonists are enemies of the nation?

There's a big narrative difference between "our govermnment sucks" and "that people sucks... oh, wait, no they doesn't, it's just their government that sucks".

I originally envisioned the second definition, but I'm leaning towards including the first definition as well.

Speaking of StarWars expanded universe... With the first version, the {{SPOCK}} song "The Stormtrooper" implies that even the imperial army despise the empire.

Anyway, the people does ''not'' have to dislike their evil government for this trope to come into effect. Ofthen they have been told that the government is doing the right thing, and believed in it. Insufficient level of paranoia doesn't make one evil. [[ObliviouslyEvil Well, not automatically anyway.]]