History Main / BigBrotherIsEmployingYou

* ''Literature/TheTraitorBaruCormorant'': After the prologue, the title character becomes Imperial Accountant of the recently annexed country of Aurdwynn, meaning her job is to extract its wealth to profit the Empire. And also to use economic methods to keep the famously rebellious populace in line; partway through the book she discovers a scheme where counterfeit money is being used to fund a rebellion, and deliberately sets off an inflationary crisis to render that money worthless, crushing the rebellion without loosing a single arrow.

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* The main cast of the ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender'' fanfic ''FanFic/GildedGreen'' is made of the Dai Li. (And later, [[spoiler:Xiaofan.]])
* In the ''VideoGame/MetalGear''[=/=]''Literature/GenerationKill'' crossover series ''FanFic/PatriotsVerse'', this is at first subverted with Fick's political career, which never had a chance of getting off the ground in the Patriots-controlled United States, but later played straight when Fick settles for a business job at [=ArmsTech=] Security, a front-company for much of the assets the Patriots used.

* In the ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''[=/=]''[[VideoGame/{{XCOM}} X-COM: UFO Defense]]'' crossover ''FanFic/TheRoadToCydonia'', a character will, on occasion, muse on the unpleasant implications of what X-COM is doing, and its abuse of ordinary people's rights. Then they'll decide the end justifies the means and carry on with whatever distasteful task they were going to do.

Hello, [[YouAreNumberSix worker drone number 54234]]. I have been asked to inform you that you are the perfect viewpoint into our [[CardCarryingVillain insanely oppressive]] dystopian society, because you ''are'' our dystopian society. Or at least a cog in the machine powering it.

* Most of the cast of ''Literature/DeathStar''. Some were enlisted, some conscripted. At a few points characters complain that they [[ResignationsNotAccepted can't resign]] and any difference they might attempt to make would be trivial and get them executed. Still, they find themselves happy and complacent - for a time.

** Similarly the premise of ''VideoGame/{{Beholder}}'' is that you are government-installed landlord of a small building in a totalitarian state.

* ''Anime/PumpkinScissors'' is a SpiritualSuccessor to ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist'' and similarly features a squad of heroes within a [[ArmiesAreEvil corrupt army]].

%%* Wiki/SCPFoundation personnel could be considered this, depending on how dystopian the Foundation is in your canon. **Way too general**

* Wiki/SCPFoundation personnel could be considered this, depending on how dystopian the Foundation is in your canon.

Don't think that makes you important though. Get the least bit uppity with us, and [[WeHaveReserves we can]] and [[ResignationsNotAccepted will easily replace you]]. And don't think anyone would care to remember you if that happened; we have already taken the liberty of [[{{Unperson}} erasing you from the few publicly available databases]]. Now, now, don't look so upset, it just came with the job. Granted, it is a bit hard knowing exactly what you are signing up for, when you are eager to get out there and take your boot to the face of the numerous enemies of our glorious state, or if you are volunteered at gunpoint.

** Cecil of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIV'' starts out as pretty much TheDragon until he realizes that his king is being more evil than usual (too late for many towns, unfortunately)

* ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue'': The Reds, the Blues, the Freelancers [[AndZoidberg and Doc]] are working for Project Freelancer, at least until ''Reconstruction'' where the Project and its Director are brought down by some of them.