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6	->''"Come see the violence InherentInTheSystem! Help! Help! I'm being repressed!"''
7	-->-- '''Dennis the Peasant''', ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail''.
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9	When you live under the thumb of TheEmpire or a {{Dystopia}}n government, they have several ways to keep you there. This is a list of the many ways.
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11	[[TropeNamers Named]] for a line in ''Film/MontyPythonAndTheHolyGrail'', which may have its origins in a [[OlderThanTheyThink Norman legal proceeding]] called the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clameur_de_haro clameur de haro]].
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13	!!Now we see the Tropes inherent in the Index!
14	[[index]]
15	[floatboxright:
16	'''Categories:'''
17	+ CensorshipTropes
18	+ CivilUnrestTropes
19	+ GenocideTropes
20	+ HumanRightsIssues
21	+ TheIndexIsWatchingYou
22	+ {{Newspeak}}
23	+ TheOnlyRighteousIndexOfFanatics
24	+ PoliticsTropes
25	+ PublicExecution
26	+ ASlaveToTheIndex
27	+ ATorturedIndex
28	]
29	* TwoPlusTortureMakesFive: Forcing people to believe in a lie.
30	* AirstripOne: Your country no longer has a name.
31	* AllCrimesAreEqual: Whoever tells a white lie or thinks of perverted thoughts is just as bad as a mass murderer and a child rapist, and all must be punished within the same degree.
32	* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Being unassimilated from the majority risks severe punishment.
33	* AnarchoTyranny: A corrupt government or tyrannical regime creates a state of AnarchyIsChaos so everyone is too busy fighting each other to worry about them, criminal neglect on a nationwide scale.
34	* BanOnAI: Not a good place to be an engineer, even worse to be an intelligent robot.
35	* BanOnMagic: Sucks to be you if you're a wizard of some kind.
36	* BeingTorturedMakesYouEvil: If they don't like you, torture them 'till they do.
37	* BenevolentDictator: The dictator is actually a good ruler.
38	* BigBrotherIsEmployingYou: The main character works for the dystopian government.
39	* BigBrotherIsWatching: Intruding in all aspects of private life.
40	* BigotWithABadge: They'll profile you right into a jail cell.
41	* BookBurning: Destroying literature and art that dissents against the powers that be.
42	* BreadAndCircuses: As long as the citizens enjoy the food and the entertainment, they don't have to know what ''exactly'' are we doing.
43	* CannedOrdersOverLoudspeaker: Broadcasting propaganda ''everywhere''.
44	* ColdBloodedTorture: You will do as we say or you're gonna suffer ''physically'' for it.
45	* CommieLand: When communists are in charge, expect things to be depressing and oppressive.
46	* {{Conscription}}: Refusing to join the army is illegal.
47	* CrapsaccharineWorld: Gruesome dictatorship masquerading as a SugarBowl, usually to ensnare more slaves.
48	* CrushingThePopulace: When an empire decides that an area it has gained or regained a hold on must be punished, rather than rebuilt.
49	* CulturePolice: Censoring all forms of art that seem subversive.
50	* DiagnosisKnowingTooMuch: Forcibly medicating someone to keep them quiet.
51	* TheDictatorship: An undemocratic and authoritarian form of government that is controlled by a leader or small clique.
52	* DressedToOppress: Clothing and other fashion choices as a visual cue to denote that a character is a dictator.
53	* DystopianEdict: If you break the edict, you suffer the government's wrath.
54	* EmergencyAuthority: If Martial Law sets up a PoliceState.
55	* EvilColonialist: A foreign oppressor against the natives.
56	* TheEvilsOfFreeWill: We can't have everyone making up their own minds, now can we?
57	* ExaltedTorturer: Those people being tortured had it coming.
58	* TheExile: You're no longer welcome in your homeland.
59	* FantasticUnderclass: A fantasy or sci-fi is the lowest of the low.
60	* FascistButInefficient: Turns out crushing human rights doesn't magically make trains run on time.
61	* FascistsBedTime: Forced curfews.
62	* ForbiddenHoliday: Even holidays are against the law.
63	* ForceFeeding: When the victim won't eat, or just to torture them.
64	* ForcedToWatch: ColdBloodedTorture is so passe. Better to make the victim watch their loved ones suffer!
65	* FullCircleRevolution: Leaders change, but things stay the same.
66	* GovernmentDrugEnforcement: Forcing everybody to take mind-controlling drugs.
67	* GovernmentExploitedCrisis: The government uses a disaster (which it may or may not have created) to further its own goals.
68	* HappinessIsMandatory: Show how wonderful the regime makes you feel, on pain of death.
69	* IconOfRebellion: The symbol of freedom fighters opposing the government.
70	* IllegalReligion: Forbidding people from following their own religion, usually in favor of the religion of those in power or devotion to the state.
71	* IndividualityIsIllegal: You cannot have any personality that is different from others.
72	* IntellectuallySupportedTyranny: The smart people support the dictatorship.
73	* KillThePoor: If someone has to be sacrificed for any purpose, use poor people, that's what they're for.
74	* LadyLand: Sucks to be a guy.
75	* LoveIsACrime: Romance of any kind is forbidden.
76	* MandatoryMotherhood: Citizens are obligated to have children whether they like it or not!
77	* MakeAnExampleOfThem: We keep citizens in line by demonstrating the severe punishments on those who have disobeyed our laws!
78	* NoSexAllowed: The government tries to make everybody celibate.
79	* NoWomansLand: Sucks to be a girl.
80	* OppressedMinorityVeteran: Minority veterans face oppression in civilian life by the government of the country they fought for.
81	* OppressiveStatesOfAmerica: America being the exact polar opposite of the "Land of the Free".
82	* PeoplesRepublicOfTyranny: Masquerading as a democracy.
83	* PersecutedIntellectuals: Scholars are considered a threat to the regime, and dealt with accordingly.
84	* PoliceBrutality: Police are given free rein to get brutal on those who don't toe the line.
85	* PoliceState: Keeping a close watch over the citizens.
86	* PopulationControl: In order to have a manageable population, the government takes measure to keep the population within certain limits, either by sterilization or punishing dissenters. Alternatively, if the government needs labor or armies, they will mandate or encourage more babies.
87	* ThePresentsWereNeverFromSanta: Used as an excuse to justify oppressive power.
88	* PresidentForLife: Wanted to vote the guy out of office? You're outta luck.
89	* PropagandaMachine: Hiding the truth from the people, feeding them lies instead.
90	* ThePurge: Eliminating those who are deemed a threat.
91	* QuietCryForHelp: Subtly asking another person for help.
92	* RageWithinTheMachine: Subverting the dystopia from the inside.
93	* RapePillageAndBurn: Sending soldiers to do exactly that (maybe without the rape) to wipe your hometown off the map as an example.
94	* RedAndBlackTotalitarianism: A totalitarian state has red and black as its official colors.
95	* ReignOfTerror: A rebellion begins purging its opponents.
96	* ReleasedToElsewhere: Executions are covered up with lies by the powers that be.
97	* RepressiveButEfficient: The dictatorship is cruel, but efficient.
98	* RestrictedRescueOperation: There are restrictions on how much you can help people.
99	* SecretPolice: A stealth repressive arm that secretly abducts troublemakers.
100	* SentencedWithoutTrial: Sentencing someone without a fair trial.
101	* TheStateless: Dissenters are stripped of their citizenship or nationality.
102	* StateSec: Thought PoliceBrutality and the SecretPolice were bad? Well, now they have an entire army backing them, just so you know a direct confrontation is hopeless.
103	* SuperRegistrationAct: Keeping all the individuals with superpowers under the government's thumb.
104	* ATasteOfTheLash: Dissenters will be publicly whipped for all to see.
105	* TeachHimAnger: Enforcing shyness and hatred to specific subjects that are considered [[IrrationalHatred irrational]].
106	* {{Thoughtcrime}}: You're not allowed to even ''think'' against the establishment.
107	* TotalitarianGangsterism: Criminal gangs or organised crime are the ones oppressing the citizens.
108	* UnPerson: Erasing all evidence that someone existed, when used as a method for oppression.
109	* VillainousGentrification: Forced mass relocation under the name of urban renewal.
110	* WallsOfTyranny: Using walls not to protect, but to restrict movement and keep people under the government's thumb.
111	* WhipOfDominance: Using a whip as a symbol of dominance, control, authority, or sadism.
112	* YouAreNumberSix: Numbering people as a means of dehumanization and oppression.
113	[[/index]]

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