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* SpannerInTheWorks: Politically, Tish becomes super disruptive the more she starts interfering with local democratic primary elections thanks in large part due to her [=SuperPACS=]. Starr Industries itself is also disruptive in terms of business and industries.

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* SpannerInTheWorks: Politically, Tish becomes super disruptive the more she starts interfering with local democratic primary elections (and nationwide politics in general), thanks in large part due to her [=SuperPACS=]. Starr Industries itself is also disruptive in terms of business and industries.
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** Legality is a matter of power, not justice.
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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies, especially how she uses capitalism and greed to her advantage. See also BatmanGambit above, and RightHandVersusLeftHand below.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies, especially how she uses capitalism and other people's greed to her advantage. See also BatmanGambit above, and RightHandVersusLeftHand below.

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*BatmanGambit: Tishauna is really good at using this on adversaries.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies, especially capitalism. See also RightHandVersusLeftHand below.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies, especially capitalism. how she uses capitalism and greed to her advantage. See also BatmanGambit above, and RightHandVersusLeftHand below.
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** Do certain people share blame for enforcing unfair and even harmful government/corporate policies even if they're just doing they're job? Do said people deserve the comeuppance or not?
** Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically? After all it is a DirtyBusiness, but is that an excuse though.

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** Do certain people share blame for enforcing unfair and even harmful government/corporate policies even if they're just doing they're their job? Do said people deserve the any comeuppance or not?
** Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically? domestically for the sake of pragmatism? After all it is a DirtyBusiness, but is that an excuse though.



** Challenging "The System" and Status Quo can become a morally grey endeavor which can also turn associates into enemies.

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** Challenging "The System" and Status Quo can become a morally grey endeavor which can also turn associates into adversaries if not outright enemies.

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** Unchecked capitalism can comeback and haunt the government.

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** Unchecked capitalism can comeback and haunt greedy and selfish people in TheGovernment.
** Bleeding edge tech, and advanced Artificial Intelligence isn't inherently bad.
** Rock-n-Roll & Hip-Hop will never die, and all forms of HeavyMetal is valid.
**MusicIsPolitics hurts art and
the government.artist, or maybe it's a necessary evil?



Unchecked capitalism allowed The Scorpion (and other billionaires and corporations) to challenge the system in the first place.

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Unchecked **Unchecked capitalism allowed The Scorpion (and other billionaires and corporations) to challenge the system in the first place.

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** Sometimes there is no HanlonsRazor, sometimes people are just bastards.

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** Sometimes there is no HanlonsRazor, sometimes people are just intentionally malicious bastards.



** Laws cand be easily undermined through power and resources
** Wealth and power needs to be fought with Wealth and power.

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** Laws cand can be easily undermined through power and resources
resources.
** Wealth and power needs to be fought with equal or more ammounts of Wealth and power.



** Compromising Centrism and neoliberal moderate political leanings can stall (if not outright kill) progress just as much as conservatism and isn't really a good counter tactic against extreme Far/Alt-right political ideology.
** WeAREStrugglingTogether in terms of pragmatic liberal activists/voters vs leftist/progressives activists/voters.
**Pragmatic voting doesn't fix local government institutions just stagnates it.
** Is it possible to start a revolution without getting your hands dirty?
** War can be catastrophic to civilians, so best be sure this is what you all really want, cause there's no avoiding getting your hands dirty.
** Unchecked capitalism can comeback and haunt the government.



** As mentioned above, TheGovernment may not be outright evil, considering its mostly run by ordinary people that's mostly bogged down with Kafka like bureaucracy, incompetence, inefficiencies, and Interservice rivalries. But it still has it's share of people/organizations with malicious intent due to greed, ideological biases, prejudices, and career self interest.

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** As mentioned above, TheGovernment may not be outright evil, considering its mostly run by ordinary people that's mostly bogged down with Kafka like bureaucracy, incompetence, inefficiencies, and Interservice rivalries. But ''But'' it still has it's share of people/organizations with malicious intent due to greed, ideological biases, prejudices, and career self interest.


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Unchecked capitalism allowed The Scorpion (and other billionaires and corporations) to challenge the system in the first place.
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** Wealth and power needs to be fought with Wealth and power.
** Challenging "The System" and Status Quo can become a morally grey endeavor which can also turn associates into enemies.

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** Do certain people share blame for enforcing unfair and even harmful policies even if they're just doing they're job? Do said people deserve the comeuppance or not?
** Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically? After all it is a DirtyBusiness.

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** Do certain people share blame for enforcing unfair and even harmful government/corporate policies even if they're just doing they're job? Do said people deserve the comeuppance or not?
** Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically? After all it is a DirtyBusiness.DirtyBusiness, but is that an excuse though.



** Laws only works if you have the power to enforce them.
** Laws cand be easily undermined through power and resources



* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Tishauna and The Starr Group seek out cracks in government bureaucracy to use this to their advantage. In both Fallen Starrs and the main Verse. The Hidden Shadow loves doing this as well. Usually towards LEOs.

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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Tishauna and The Starr Group seek out cracks in government bureaucracy to use this to their advantage. In both Fallen Starrs and the main Verse. The Hidden Shadow loves doing this as well. Usually towards LEOs.[=LEOs=].

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** How far are you willing to go, to topple the status quo? And or maybe how far are you willing to go to use it to your advantage?

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** How **How far are you willing to go, to topple the status quo? And or maybe how far are you willing to go to use it to your advantage?



** Do you have a duty to use your fame, vast wealth and resources for the perceived good? Or are you just doing more harm than good.

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** Do you have a duty to use your fame, vast wealth and resources for the perceived good? Or are you just doing more harm than good.good by getting in over your head by interfering in (perceived intractable) complicated sociopolitical/socioeconomic quagmires, regardless of the good intentions? And despite all of that do you still have a duty to intervene regardless.



* Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically?

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* ** Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically? After all it is a DirtyBusiness.
** Sometimes there is no HanlonsRazor, sometimes people are just bastards.

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* CentralTheme: Could say it's about toppling the status quo, or maybe using it to your advantage.

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* CentralTheme: Could say it's about toppling Several;
**How far are you willing to go, to topple
the status quo, quo? And or maybe using how far are you willing to go to use it to your advantage. advantage?
** What's the price for ruthless revenge, and how far are you willing to go to inact it?
** Just because something is the law does it necessarily, makes it right or fair?
** Do you have a duty to use your fame, vast wealth and resources for the perceived good? Or are you just doing more harm than good.
** Is it possible to use capitalism for socioeconomic good, like ironically socialist like goals?
** Do certain people share blame for enforcing unfair and even harmful policies even if they're just doing they're job? Do said people deserve the comeuppance or not?
* Is {{Realpolitik}} a fair excuse for ThePowersThatBe to do the underhanded political things they do domestically?



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies. See also RightHandVersusLeftHand below.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies.enemies, especially capitalism. See also RightHandVersusLeftHand below.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies.

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies. See also RightHandVersusLeftHand below.



* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Tishauna and The Starr Group seek out cracks in government bureaucracy to use this to their advantage. In both Fallen Starrs and the main Verse.

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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Tishauna and The Starr Group seek out cracks in government bureaucracy to use this to their advantage. In both Fallen Starrs and the main Verse. The Hidden Shadow loves doing this as well. Usually towards LEOs.
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* CentralTheme: Could say it's about toppling the status quo, or maybe using it to your advantage.


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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Tishauna Starr is really good at using this on her political enemies.


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* RightHandVersusLeftHand: Tishauna and The Starr Group seek out cracks in government bureaucracy to use this to their advantage. In both Fallen Starrs and the main Verse.
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* SpannerInTheWorks: Politically, Tish becomes super disruptive the more she starts interfering with local democratic primary elections thanks in large part due to her [=SuperPACS=]. Starr Industries itself is also disruptive in terms of business and industries.
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* DarthWiki/OutlawStarr- About a very popular GenreBusting Rock band, comprised of absurdly gorgeous black women. Story touches on themes dealing with fandoms, the music industry and the politics found within, addiction, what is, or is not sexual liberation, censorship, racism/sexism within the HardRock and HeavyMetal community, celebrity's place in the world of politics, over sexualization, commercialization, alternative media, fame, and good ole fashioned stereotypical wholesome SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and new found [[Fiction500 obscene wealth]] etc

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* DarthWiki/OutlawStarr- About a very popular GenreBusting Rock band, comprised of absurdly gorgeous black women. Story touches on themes dealing with fandoms, the music industry and the politics found within, addiction, what is, or is not sexual liberation, censorship, racism/sexism within the HardRock and HeavyMetal community, celebrity's place in the world of politics, politics and sociopolitical issues, over sexualization, commercialization, alternative media, fame, and good ole fashioned stereotypical wholesome SexDrugsAndRockAndRoll, and new found [[Fiction500 obscene wealth]] etc



* CelebrityIsOverrated: There's some shades of this in the Outlaw Starr stories.

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* CelebrityIsOverrated: There's some shades of this in the Outlaw Starr stories. Though it's hard to tell due to the luxurious excess masking all of the darker elements.

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* MusicIsPolitics: Something that Outlaw Starr and their musical peers has to constantly maneuver around.



* MusicIsPolitics: Something that Outlaw Starr and their musical peers has to constantly maneuver around.

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* MusicIsPolitics: Something that Outlaw Starr and their musical peers has to constantly maneuver around.


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* MusicIsPolitics: Something that Outlaw Starr and their musical peers has to constantly maneuver around.
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* CelebrityIsUseless: There's some shades of this in the Outlaw Starr stories.

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* CelebrityIsUseless: CelebrityIsOverrated: There's some shades of this in the Outlaw Starr stories.
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* TheElitesJumpShip: Happens in the setting of Fallen Starrs, cause they feared (or saw) what was coming.

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