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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kenmarable" data-source="post: 4917663" data-attributes="member: 40359">I don't think it's been mentioned, but reading some of these it occurred to me that another example could be the city of Ba Sing Se in Avatar: The Last Airbender. Just to be kind, spoilers for late in Season 2 of the show (and I ramble a lot):[sblock]We could argue in circles about whether <a href="http://avatar.wikia.com/wiki/Ba_Sing_Se" target="_blank">Ba Sing Se</a> actually is a LG society in the show (at least early on), but it could be used as a model for a LG tyranny at least. The entire nation is being slowly conquered, but the capital is behind a wall so massive that it has never been breached. So they presume that no matter what happens to the rest of the nation, they will be safe in the city. Add in an easily manipulated king, and you have a situation where the head of the court - Long Feng (I forget his exact title, possibly Minister of Information or some such) is a power behind the throne that seeks to protect the people from fear of the war. In fact, "the war does not exist in Ba Sing Se". All talk of it is banned, new arrivals and other outsiders are constantly watched and escorted everywhere. And this is all done to protect the citizens from panic. Believing that the city is safe no matter what, and that the invading fire Nation really can't be stopped from conquering the rest of the Earth Kingdom it is best to let the citizens of the city live in blissful ignorance.Those who question the truth or act out are "disappeared" to Lake Laogai where they are brainwashed. All of the "guides" are also brainwashed. Just to accentuate the strangeness, in the show the characters are assigned the guide named Ju Di who has a fake smile and vacant stare who utterly believes all the lies about there being no war and the city is wonderful. After she fails to keep them in line, she is taken away and the next day someone completely different arrives, introduces herself as Ju Di and says she was their guide all along.It's a good example of when leaders with good intentions become paranoid and believe only they can be trusted with dark secrets, it is easy to become a tyranny in order to "protect the citizens from themselves". It's clear that Long Feng isn't LG by the end of his appearance, and it's doubtful if he was even when they first meet him. But I could easily see him once upon a time being LG and honestly believing that he was doing what was best for the people.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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