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* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' establishes that Megatron was once this. Subverted in that he wanted an entirely peaceful revolution against the evils of Functionism, the fundamentalist belief among some Cybertronians that one's rights and role in society should be entirely determined by what one transforms into; Megatron had a brilliant mind but was stuck in the role of a miner because that's what he was built for. The senate considered his writings a threat to society and first tried to have him brainwashed, then framed for a brawl he didn't participate in, then killed while in jail, then sent to be a gladiator. With all that happening to him, it's probably no wonder he eventually gave up on pacifism and turned to [[OmnicidalManiac more violent methods]]. The comic eventually gives him a redemption arc and has him rediscover his peaceful revolutionary ways.

* PlayedForLaughs in ''Film/ThorRagnarok'' with Korg. He explains that he was exiled to Sakaar for trying to start a revolution against his corrupt government. Unfortunately he didn't make enough manifestos and the only people who showed up to the first meeting were his mom, his mom's boyfriend, and the cops there to arrest him.

* ''ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye'' establishes that Megatron was once this. Subverted in that he wanted an entirely peaceful revolution against the evils of Functionism, the fundamentalist belief among some Cybertronians that one's rights and role in society should be entirely determined by what one transforms into; Megatron had a brilliant mind but was stuck in the role of a miner because that's what he was built for. The senate considered his writings a threat to society and first tried to have him brainwashed, then framed for a brawl he didn't participate in, then killed while in jail, then sent to be a gladiator. With all that happening to him, it's probably no wonder he eventually gave up on pacifism and turned to [[OmnicidalManiac more violent methods]]. The comic eventually gives him a redemption arc, and has him rediscover his peaceful revolutionary ways.

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** One [[VillainOfTheWeek Unsub]] was one of these, who was targeting people and institutions associated with technology (the Unsub was a reference to the real-life Unabomber), and leaving behind copies of his manifesto ''A Guide To Practical Living''. However, its eventually revealed that the majority of his actions were to gain the attention of Ursula Kent, a sci-fi writer who he believed to be his birth mother. Kent had written a dystopian novel named ''Empty Planet'', and the Unsub was mimicking the novel's anti-technology message as a sort of homage. [[spoiler:She turned out to have had a girl, which he finds crushing.]]

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Played seriously. Nemik, the young and idealistic tech wiz of the Aldhani rebel cell, is writing a manifesto in response to the barrage of atrocities regularly committed by the Empire, and believes that they've got the beginnings of a fight on their hands. [[ForegoneConclusion He's right]], as the Rebellion will eventually succeed. This is in contrast to the rest of the cell, whose motives for fighting the Empire are personal rather than ideological. [[spoiler:Nemik dies tragically in the sixth episode, but manages to pass said manifesto on to Cassian. When he eventually listens to it in the Season 1 finale, it (along with the TraumaCongaLine he'd been through by that point) inspire him to fully commit to fighting the Empire.]]

* In the ''Website/RPCAuthority'', the group known as the [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/church-of-malthus-hub Church of Malthus]] have a [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/malthusian-manifesto malthusian manifesto]], being radical darwinists it's no surprise the manifesto is a bad sign to the current way of life.

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* ''VideoGame/MassEffect2'': A codex entry reveals that shortly after aliens were discovered beyond the Charon Relay, someone posted a manifesto warning that a human genocide was imminent; and humanity needed a Cerberus to protect itself from this threat. Government officials denounced this as "survivalist rhetoric from an illusive man". Whoever wrote it would eventually reinvent himself as [[AppropriatedAppelation The Illusive Man]] and created Cerberus to ensure humanity's survival and prosperity.

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* In the ''Wiki/RPCAuthority'', the group known as the [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/church-of-malthus-hub Church of Malthus]] have a [[https://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/malthusian-manifesto malthusian manifesto]], being radical darwinists it's no surprise the manifesto is a bad sign to the current way of life.

^ The Literature/{{Discworld}} equivalent is ''That's Capital!'' by Karl Spenzer. As well as providing the theoretical basis for a Revolution in [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Rodinia]], the work persists even today, after the collapse of the Union of Soviets, bobbing under the surface like an iceberg in a shipping lane. Lord Vetinari has no objection to its continued publication and circulation, finding it "amusing" and "instructive". Spenzer himself met a martyr's end: the parts about religion being an illusion and a conspiracy cooked up as a means to control the masses were critically read by the Gods of Dunmanifestin, who pointed out one or two little flaws in the argument about their not existing. Today's Discworld Communists skirt around the bits about "worship is the opium of the Gods" and about their being the ultimate form of capitalist oppressor, if they exist at all. Discworld political discussions occur in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

^ The Literature/{{Discworld}] equivalent is ''That's Capital!'' by Karl Spenzer. As well as providing the theoretical basis for a Revolution in [[UsefulNotes/{{Russia}} Rodinia]], the work persists even today, after the collapse of the Union of Soviets, bobbing under the surface like an iceberg in a shipping lane. Lord Vetinari has no objection to its continued publication and circulation, finding it "amusing" and "instructive". Spenzer himself met a martyr's end: the parts about religion being an illusion and a conspiracy cooked up as a means to control the masses were critically read by the Gods of Dunmanifestin, who pointed out one or two little flaws in the argument about their not existing. Today's Discworld Communists skirt around the bits about "worship is the opium of the Gods" and about their being the ultimate form of capitalist oppressor, if they exist at all. Discworld political discussions occur in the works of Creator/AAPessimal.

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Played seriously. Nemik, the young and idealistic tech wiz of the Aldhani rebel cell, is writing a manifesto in response to the barrage of atrocities regularly committed by the Empire, and believes that they've got the beginnings of a fight on their hands. [[ForegoneConclusion He's right]], as the Rebellion will eventually succeed. This is in contrast to the rest of the cell, whose motives for fighting the Empire are personal rather than ideological. [[spoiler:Nemik dies tragically in the sixth episode, but manages to pass said manifesto on to Cassian.]]

* ''Series/{{Andor}}'': Played seriously. Nemik, the young and idealistic tech wiz of the Aldhani rebel cell, is writing a manifesto in response to the barrage of atrocities regularly committed by the Empire, and believes that they've got the beginnings of a fight on their hands. [[ForegoneConclusion He's right]], as the Rebellion will eventually succeed. [[spoiler:Nemik dies tragically in the sixth episode, but manages to pass said manifesto on to Cassian.]]

* ''ComicBook/{{Hellblazer}}'': Nigel Archer is one of John Constantine's contacts, a medium and true believer in socialism, calling himself a radical journalist (despite never being published). John pranks him by adding the words "Tear yourself off a socialist manifesto" [[TakeThat on a toiler paper dispenser]].

->If you're gonna be me, you need a manifesto\\
If you ain't got one, you better get one presto

* ''{{ComicBook/Hellblazer}}'': Nigel Archer is one of John Constantine's contacts, a medium and true believer in socialism, calling himself a radical journalist (despite never being published). John pranks him by adding the words "Tear yourself off a socialist manifesto" [[TakeThat on a toiler paper dispenser.]]
* In ''ComicBook/TheDarkKnightStrikesAgain'', ComicBook/TheQuestion mentions a manifesto almost immediately after he is introduced. Later on, he is established as a hardcore anti-authoritarian technophobe.
* The massively paranoid and violent Rorschach from ''ComicBook/{{Watchmen}}'' spends a lot of time writing in his diary which doubles as a manifesto and criminal case research, which by the end of the story holds the clues and evidence to the overarching plot. His final act before embarking on one last mission that he's not certain he will survive ([[spoiler:he doesn't]]), is to mail the diary to the right-wing extremist newspaper The Frontiersman.
* ComicBook/TheTransformersMoreThanMeetsTheEye establishes that Megatron was once this. Subverted in that he wanted an entirely peaceful revolution against the evils of Functionism, the fundamentalist belief among some Cybertronians that one's rights and role in society should be entirely determined by what one transforms into; Megatron had a brilliant mind, but was stuck in the role of a miner because that's what he was built for. The senate considered his writings a threat to society and first tried to have him brainwashed, then framed for a brawl he didn't participate in, then killed while in jail, then sent to be a gladiator. With all that happening to him, it's probably no wonder he eventually gave up on pacifism and turned to [[OmnicidalManiac more violent methods]]. The comic eventually gives him a redemption arc, and has him rediscover his peaceful revolutionary ways.

Since this is a {{Characterization Trope|s}} and RealLife has no author to write up characterization, '''Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease''' Suffice to say that writing subversive manifestos is TruthInTelevision. [[noreallife]]

-->--'''Music/{{MIA}}''', "Matangi"

* In the ''Wiki/RPCAuthority'', the group known as the [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/church-of-malthus-hub Church of Malthus]] have a [[http://rpcauthority.wikidot.com/malthusian-manifesto malthusian manifesto]], being radical darwinists it's no surprise the manifesto is a bad sign to the current way of life.