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* TakeOverTheWorld: A specific nation coming to total (or near-total) control of the world.

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* TakeOverTheWorld: A specific nation coming to total (or near-total) control of global domination as the world.sole superpower.
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* {{Newspeak}}

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* {{Newspeak}}{{Newspeak}}: Politically-charged alterations of language, especially in the context of totalitarian dystopias trying to manipulate people's speech and thoughts through propaganda.

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** StrawHypocrite: When the political strawman fails to practice whatever they preach, with hints that their beliefs and goals are just an insincere facade for more selfish motives.



** StrawVegetarian: Unflattering stereotypes of vegans and other vegetarians who refuse to consume meat for their ideological beliefs.
*** AnimalWrongsGroup: Animal rights activism is often portrayed as a useless movement for whiny vegans who think animals deserve to be treated equally to humans.

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** StrawVegetarian: Unflattering stereotypes of vegans and other vegetarians who refuse to consume meat for their ideological beliefs.
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*** AnimalWrongsGroup: Animal rights activism is often portrayed as just a useless movement for whiny vegans who think animals deserve to be treated equally to humans.humans, if not outright valuing animals over people.

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* AnimalWrongsGroup: An organization who wants to protect or promote animal rights through immoral or illegal means.

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* AnimalWrongsGroup: An organization BombThrowingAnarchists: Militant anarchists who wants believe that violent revolution is the best way to protect or promote animal rights through immoral or illegal means.overthrow governments, corporations, and the mainstream social order.


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** StrawVegetarian: Unflattering stereotypes of vegans and other vegetarians who refuse to consume meat for their ideological beliefs.
*** AnimalWrongsGroup: Animal rights activism is often portrayed as a useless movement for whiny vegans who think animals deserve to be treated equally to humans.
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** DiplomaticSpyCover: When employees of an embassy or consulate hide behind the cover of diplomatic immunity to engage in espionage.

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** DiplomaticSpyCover: DiplomaticCoverSpy: When employees of an embassy or consulate hide behind the cover of diplomatic immunity to engage in espionage.
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** DiplomaticSpyCover: When employees of an embassy or consulate hide behind the cover of diplomatic immunity to engage in espionage.
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* GlobalWarming: Climate change due to human causes. Often politicized nowadays.



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* FoxNewsLiberal: a token liberal (or conservative) on a conservative (or liberal) talk show or network.

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* FoxNewsLiberal: a A token liberal (or conservative) on a conservative (or liberal) talk show or news network.
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** StrawmanNewsMedia: Journalism is portrayed as a corrupt industry which only exists to brainwash people with biased propaganda serving corporate/political interests.
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** StrawmanU: Unflattering stereotypes of political activism amongst students or faculty on college campuses.

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** StrawmanU: Unflattering stereotypes of (usually left-wing) political activism amongst college/university students or faculty on college campuses.their professors.
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* DepartmentOfMajorVexation: A government agency (like the Department of Motor Vehicles) is filled with too much {{obstructive bureaucra|t}}cy and general incompetence/inconvenience for anyone who's forced to interact with them.

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* DepartmentOfMajorVexation: A government agency (like the Department of Motor Vehicles) is filled with too much {{obstructive bureaucra|t}}cy ObstructiveBureaucracy and general incompetence/inconvenience for anyone who's forced to interact with them.



* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government official who makes everything far more frustratingly complicated than they need to be.

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* ObstructiveBureaucrat: A government official or employee who makes everything far more frustratingly complicated than they need to be.



** StrawCivilian

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** StrawCivilianStrawCivilian: A civilian (usually a [[ObstructiveBureaucrat government official/employee]]) who is portrayed as an obstacle to the military or war effort.



** StrawMisogynist: The stereotype of misogynistic men who believe that women should StayInTheKitchen.
** StrawmanU: Political strawmen applied to student activism on college campuses.

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** StrawMisogynist: The stereotype of misogynistic sexist men who strongly believe that women don't deserve equal human rights and should just StayInTheKitchen.
** StrawmanU: Political strawmen applied to student Unflattering stereotypes of political activism amongst students or faculty on college campuses.



** ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Nazi party without being specifically called that.

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** ANaziByAnyOtherName: The Nazi party without being specifically called that.A not-so-subtle expy or parody of Nazis and their ideology.
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* {{Warhawk}}: Someone who's really eager to start bombing their country's (real or perceived) enemies.

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* {{Warhawk}}: Someone who's really eager to start bombing their country's (real or perceived) imagined) enemies.



* ThePurge: When the government (or another political faction) cracks down on all (real or percieved, usually internal) dissent and opposition; often through mass arrests and detention of these alleged enemies, or even by executions and massacres.

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* ThePurge: When the government (or another political faction) cracks down on all (real or percieved, imagined, usually internal) dissent and opposition; often through mass arrests and detention of these alleged enemies, or even by executions and massacres.
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* OurPresidentsAreDifferent

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* OurPresidentsAreDifferentOurPresidentsAreDifferent: Various types of fictional HeadsOfState.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Someone who believes in UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories, especially [[GovernmentConspiracy political conspiracies]] concerning the allegedly sinister activities of government officials.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: Someone who believes in UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories, UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories. They especially [[GovernmentConspiracy political conspiracies]] concerning the allegedly sinister activities of government officials.like to claim that various alleged {{Government Conspirac|y}}ies are completely real.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: One who believes in and spreads conspiracies.

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* ConspiracyTheorist: One Someone who believes in and spreads conspiracies.UsefulNotes/ConspiracyTheories, especially [[GovernmentConspiracy political conspiracies]] concerning the allegedly sinister activities of government officials.
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* TheWhiteHouse: The official headquarters and residential palace of the UsefulNotes/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC.

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* TheWhiteHouse: The official headquarters and residential palace residence of the UsefulNotes/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC.
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* TheWhiteHouse: The official headquarters of the UsefulNotes/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC.

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* TheWhiteHouse: The official headquarters and residential palace of the UsefulNotes/PresidentOfTheUnitedStates in UsefulNotes/WashingtonDC.

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* ProtestSong: A song protesting some political policy or official.
** AntiPoliceSong: A song specifically protesting against police/law enforcement.

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* ProtestSong: A song protesting opposing some sort of government policy or political policy or official.
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** AntiPoliceSong: A song specifically protesting against police/law enforcement.[[DirtyCop corruption]] or [[PoliceBrutality violence]] by law enforcement.
** HailToTheThief: A satirical song which mocks a particular politician.



* HailToTheThief: A satirical song or musical number which mocks a particular politician.
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** IntimidatingRevenueService: Nobody likes having to deal with tax-collecting agencies.

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** IntimidatingRevenueService: Nobody Especially nobody likes having to deal with tax-collecting tax collection agencies.

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* DepartmentOfMajorVexation: A government agency (like the Department of Motor Vehicles) is filled with too much {{obstructive bureaucra|t}}cy and general incompetence/inconvenience for anyone who's forced to interact with them.
** IntimidatingRevenueService: Nobody likes having to deal with tax-collecting agencies.



** DepartmentOfMajorVexation: The Department of Motor Vehicles (or another government institution) is filled with too much obstructive bureaucracy.
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** CulturePolice: Law enforcement agencies that enforce cultural policies, such by censoring any media the government deems unacceptable.

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** CulturePolice: Law enforcement agencies that enforce cultural policies, such as by censoring any media the government deems unacceptable.

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** OnlyServesForLife: A ruler for life learns the hard way that their reign will be cut short when their life ends prematurely.



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** PoliceBrutalityGambit: Falsely claiming police brutality.
* PoliceState: Totalitarian regimes make sure to monitor and control as much of their citizens' lives as possible.
** CulturePolice: Law enforcement agencies used to dispose of any works of art the government deems unacceptable.
*** ChurchPolice: TheChurch (or [[FantasyCounterpartReligion a fantasy equivalent]]) has its own arm to enforce its religious laws.

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** PoliceBrutalityGambit: Falsely claiming police brutality.
* PoliceState: Totalitarian regimes governments make sure to monitor and control as much of their citizens' lives as possible.
** CulturePolice: Law enforcement agencies used to dispose of that enforce cultural policies, such by censoring any works of art media the government deems unacceptable.
*** ChurchPolice: TheChurch (or [[FantasyCounterpartReligion a fantasy equivalent]]) TheTheocracy has its own arm to enforce its an agency which enforces religious laws.laws, cracking down on infidels and sinners.



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*** StateSecStateSec: A paramilitary police force designed for terrorizing all enemies of the state.
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* RedScare: Agents of communist states want to overthrow capitalism. Beware!

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* RedScare: Agents of communist states want Fear and paranoia over radical socialists (like DirtyCommunists or BombThrowingAnarchists), or anyone alleged to overthrow capitalism. Beware!be such, supposedly being great menaces to society.

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** DepartmentOfMajorVexation: The Department of Motor Vehicles (or another government institution) is filled with too much obstructive bureaucracy.
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* LibertariansInSpace: Outer space is the perfect place for hardcore anti-statists to live out their fantasies of life with little or no governmental intervention.

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* LibertariansInSpace: Outer space is the perfect ideal place for hardcore anti-statists to live out their fantasies of life with little or no without much governmental intervention.
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* LibertariansInSpace

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* LibertariansInSpaceLibertariansInSpace: Outer space is the perfect place for hardcore anti-statists to live out their fantasies of life with little or no governmental intervention.
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* ExpandedStatesOfAmerica: The USA has expanded and incorporated other countries into itself.


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* PostSovietReunion: Russia reunites with post-Soviet states into an alliance, supranational union or superstate.
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* ThePurge: Mass murder/removal of dissenters
** CrushingThePopulace: When such an action is done by a regime establishing control over the populace.
** ReignOfTerror: When such an action is done by a rebellion that has just overthrown a government.

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* ThePurge: Mass murder/removal When the government (or another political faction) cracks down on all (real or percieved, usually internal) dissent and opposition; often through mass arrests and detention of dissenters
these alleged enemies, or even by executions and massacres.
** CrushingThePopulace: When such an action is done by a regime establishing government trying to maintain control over the populace.
rebelling citizens through brutal methods.
** ReignOfTerror: When such an action is done by a rebellion that has just overthrown a government.rebel movement trying to overthrow the old regime and eliminate all their loyalists.
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** WindmillPolitical

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** WindmillPoliticalWindmillPolitical: Someone whose ideology is based around nonexistent issues or problems.



* MiddleEasternCoalition: Countries in West Asia/the Middle East (whether real or [[{{Qurac}} fictional]]) unify to form a single, formally-governed Islamic nation.

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* MiddleEasternCoalition: Countries in North Africa or West Asia/the Middle East Asia (whether real or [[{{Qurac}} fictional]]) unify to form a single, formally-governed Islamic nation.
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* DiplocaticBackChannel: Unofficial means for governments to talk.

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* DiplocaticBackChannel: DiplomaticBackChannel: Unofficial means for governments to talk.

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