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** Alice is a neo-luddite, who explicitly believes that a state of wild nature is the best possible condition.

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** Alice is a neo-luddite, neo-Luddite, who explicitly believes that a state of wild nature is the best possible condition.



* '''Subverted''': Alice's claim that the new farming technique is immoral seems to be fallacious, but as her argument progresses it her objections revolve around specific parts of it that cause observable harm.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, the harm in question seems to be tangential to her argument and it's not clear how aware she is of the actual side effects; her main conscious gripe is still the deviation from "the way things are".

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* '''Subverted''': Alice's claim that the new farming technique is immoral seems to be fallacious, but as her argument progresses it her objections revolve around specific parts of it that cause observable harm.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, the harm in question seems to be tangential to her argument and it's not clear how aware she is of the actual side effects; her effects. Her main conscious gripe is still the deviation from "the way things are".are."



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** Alice will do some things because they're natural and avoid other things because they're natural.
** Some characters use this excuse, while others do not.



* '''Exploited''': A SnakeOilSalesman sells quack medicine to Alice by emphasising that it's 100% natural.

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* '''Exploited''': A SnakeOilSalesman sells [[AllNaturalSnakeOil quack medicine medicine]] to Alice by emphasising that it's 100% natural.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice goes and lives in a forest so she gets to eat only wild food - and dies of starvation when it proves scarcer than she expects. And that's if she doesn't get eaten by bears or catch a deadly disease first.

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* '''Deconstructed''': Alice goes and lives in a forest forest, so she gets to eat only wild food - food, and dies of starvation when it proves scarcer than she expects. And that's if she doesn't get eaten by bears or catch a deadly disease first.



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** Alice is a NatureSpirit with BlueAndOrangeMorality.

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* '''Justified''': Alice is a neo-luddite, who explicitly believes that a state of wild nature is the best possible condition.

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Alice is a neo-luddite, who explicitly believes that a state of wild nature is the best possible condition.condition.
** Alice lives in a TechnoDystopia, and as such, is distrustful of anything artificial.



* '''Discussed''': ???

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* '''Discussed''': ???"You do realise these new farming methods are increasing global food production?" "I don't care! At least hunger is natural!"



* '''Reconstructed''': She accepts her impending death, because it's a part of life after all!



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* '''Parodied''': ???Alice refuses to eat cooked food, wear clothes, or speak in anything but grunts, because she claims those things are unnatural.


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* '''Implied''': While picking wild berries, Alice shakes her head at a nearby farmer using the new technique.

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???

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* '''Lampshaded''': ???"Anything that defies the natural order is an abomination!"



* '''Exploited''': ???

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* '''Exploited''': ???A SnakeOilSalesman sells quack medicine to Alice by emphasising that it's 100% natural.



* '''Deconstructed''': Alice goes and lives in a forest so she gets to eat only wild food - and dies of starvation when it proves scarcer than she expects. And that's if she doesn't get eaten by bears or catch a deadly disease first.



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'''Basic Trope''': The logical fallacy that claims that a thing is good because it happens to be the natural state of things.
* '''Straight''': Alice claims that a new farming technique is immoral, because it doesn't follow natural cycles of wild plant growth.
* '''Exaggerated''': Alice claims that, since cancer, death and pain all occur as part of nature, they are all good and shouldn't be fought.
* '''Downplayed''': Alice thinks that "natural" things are better and doesn't usually analyze this belief very closely, but is willing to accept that "unnatural" things can also be good -- just not really ''as'' good.
* '''Justified''': Alice is a neo-luddite, who explicitly believes that a state of wild nature is the best possible condition.
* '''Inverted''': Alice acts like anything natural is inherently primitive and undesirable.
* '''Subverted''': Alice's claim that the new farming technique is immoral seems to be fallacious, but as her argument progresses it her objections revolve around specific parts of it that cause observable harm.
* '''Double Subverted''': However, the harm in question seems to be tangential to her argument and it's not clear how aware she is of the actual side effects; her main conscious gripe is still the deviation from "the way things are".
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* '''Averted''': Alice doesn't bring up "naturality" or its lack in her arguments, but focuses on specific ethical and practical problems and benefits when analyzing problems.
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