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1	->''"The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is it's[sic] natural manure"''
2	-->--'''Thomas Jefferson'''
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4	Ah, yes! Do you smell that? Smoke and fire? You can see the flying molotov cocktails. You can see the Riot Police frantically deploying from their [=APCs=], armed with their ballistic shields and tear gas? Do you hear the screams as the nation burns down with the fires of liberation?
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6	This is the index of Civil Unrest Tropes, covering all things where society and chaos intersect.
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8	Often occurs [[YouWouldNotWantToLiveInDex in hellish places]] and when [[HelpHelpThisIndexIsBeingRepressed indexes cry for freedom against their tyrants.]] Part of PoliticsTropes.
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10	!!Tropes:
11	[[index]]
12	[floatboxright:
13	'''Related indexes:'''
14	* HelpHelpThisIndexIsBeingRepressed
15	* HumanRightsIssues
16	* RebelTropes
17	* TerrorismTropes
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19	* AnarchyIsChaos: Removal of government or laws results in widespread violence.
20	** AnarchoTyranny: A corrupt regime decides to maintain a state of perpetual lawlessness so that nobody has the time to rebel against them.
21	* AssassinationAttempt: Someone (usually a powerful leader of some sort) is targeted for murder by their enemies.
22	** {{Tyrannicide}}: Assassinating a brutal tyrant to end their repressive reign.
23	* BalkanizeMe: A larger country splits into multiple smaller ones, often following civil war or political instability leading to its collapse.
24	* BurningTheFlag: Desecrating a (domestic or foreign) national flag as a statement of protest.
25	* CivilWar: An internal military conflict in which government forces fight with a rebel movement or other rival factions for control of an entire country (or at least a region within it).
26	* CrapsackWorld: The world is a miserable place to live in, breeding enough resentment for civil unrest to happen.
27	** {{Dystopia}}
28	* LesCollaborateurs: A member of the conquered group who works with the conquerors willingly.
29	* TheCoup: Overthrow of the government by illegal means other than full-scale rebellion.
30	** MilitaryCoup: Military officers overthrow their (usually civilian) superiors to seize control of the government for themselves.
31	* DefiantStoneThrow: A meek character publicly defies a much more powerful character as a symbolic act.
32	* DividedWeFall: Dissension within the hero's alliance.
33	* DraftDodging: When someone (illegally) refuses to enlist for [[{{Conscription}} mandatory military service]], often as part of an anti-war movement or more general dissent against the government.
34	* DystopianOz
35	* EmergencyAuthority: A public official is granted authority powers they wouldn't otherwise legally have in order to avert a catastrophe. This often ends badly.
36	* EnemyCivilWar
37	* FailedState: A nation whose central government has all but collapsed, leaving it unable to perform basic functions.
38	* FantasticTerrorists: Extremist militants who are motivated by FantasticRacism or some other ideology that can only exist within a SpeculativeFiction setting.
39	* FullCircleRevolution: The old corrupt regime is overthrown by a new corrupt regime, which is at least just as bad as (if not even worse than) their predecessors.
40	* GraffitiOfTheResistance
41	* HeroWithBadPublicity: The public hates this heroic character.
42	* IconOfRebellion
43	* LingeringSocialTensions: Tensions remain between groups after a conflict.
44	* ManifestoMakingMalcontent: When a character writes some kind of manifesto, it's a sure sign of them posing a danger to the current way of things.
45	* MobWar: When rival [[OrganizedCrimeTropes criminal organizations]] fight with each other for control of territories. In extreme cases, this may be caused by (or result in) a prolonged state of violent lawlessness for a city or region, with local authorities being too corrupt or incompetent to restore law and order.
46	* MovementMascot
47	* OccupiersOutOfOurCountry: Get out of our country, you foreign imperialist oppressors!
48	* OutcastRefuge: A (relatively) safe haven for those oppressed during civil unrest.
49	* PoliceBrutality: Violent abuses by law enforcement officers against common citizens can be both a cause and effect of politically-charged protests and riots; from cops injuring or killing somebody inspiring public outrage against that incident, to protestors getting attacked by riot police even if they weren't acting violently.
50	* PostPeakOil: A world where oil has run out.
51	* PowderKegCrowd: One spark away from a riot.
52	* PrisonRiot: Mass violence erupts inside a detention facility, often due to the inmates rebelling against the guards and jailors.
53	* ProtestByObstruction: Protesting the destruction of something, usually a tree or building, by chaining yourself to that thing or otherwise physically blocking it off.
54	* RabbleRouser: Someone who stirs a mob up to act.
55	* RageWithinTheMachine
56	* ReignOfTerror
57	* LaResistance: A revolutionary movement trying to fight back against the current regime in power.
58	* RestrainedResistanceRecklessRebellion: Where one side advocates a restrained, controlled approach while the other goes all in, consequences be damned.
59	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeBureaucratized
60	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeCivilized
61	* TheRevolutionWillNotBeVilified
62	* RevolvingDoorRevolution
63	* RewardedAsATraitorDeserves: A traitor is rewarded with betrayal in turn.
64	* SecretPolice: A law-enforcement/intelligence agency tasked with brutally cracking down on all dissent against the government.
65	* SlaveLiberation: Slave laborers try to win their freedom, often by escaping from (or even revolting against) their masters.
66	** GladiatorRevolt
67	** UndergroundRailroad
68	* SparkOfTheRebellion: A small act of defiance against The Empire kickstarts a rebellion.
69	* StagedPopulistUprising: What seems to be a popular revolution is actually not being done with the people's best interest in mind.
70	* SuffrageAndPoliticalLiberation
71	* TorchesAndPitchforks: An angry mob is formed to engage in rioting.
72	** TornApartByTheMob: When a lynch mob brutally murders anyone they consider to be their enemy.
73	* UrbanHellscape: The inner-city area that is overrun by crime and poverty.
74	* VelvetRevolution: The revolution is (mostly) peaceful.
75	* TheVoiceOfAGeneration
76	* VoiceOfTheResistance
77	* WretchedHive
78	* YouCannotKillAnIdea
79	** CantStopTheSignal: Killing me won't stop the information from getting out.
80	* YourTerroristsAreOurFreedomFighters: Depending on where your personal bias leans, rebel fighters are either heroic revolutionaries resisting the oppressive regime, or evil terrorists who only desire to be violent oppressors themselves.
81	[[/index]]

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