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== Literature ==
* In one of the stories of [[Ooka Tadasuke]], a famous Japanese judge of the 18th century, he has to divide a father's estate between twin sons. One is known as greedy and selfish; the other is known as having helped the father and for being honorable. No one can tell which son is which. Ooka picks one son at random and tells him to divide the estate. The chosen son starts giving himself all the money and property; and gives his brother merely the good will of the neighbors. The crowd thinks Ooka made a huge mistake {{spoiler|until Ooka announces that he told the son to divide the estate, but that only Ooka has the power to '''award''' the items. Ooka gives the money to the honorable son and tells the greedy son that he needs the neighbors' good will more}}.▼
* In the first novel of the ''[[Slave World]]'' series, the heroine is horrified with how naively her colleagues embrace the [[Alternate Timeline]] world they have found. The scientists
▲* In one of the stories of Ooka Tadasuke, a famous Japanese judge of the 18th century, he has to divide a father's estate between twin sons. One is known as greedy and selfish; the other is known as having helped the father and for being honorable. No one can tell which son is which. Ooka picks one son at random and tells him to divide the estate. The chosen son starts giving himself all the money and property; and gives his brother merely the good will of the neighbors. The crowd thinks Ooka made a huge mistake {{spoiler|until Ooka announces that he told the son to divide the estate, but that only Ooka has the power to '''award''' the items. Ooka gives the money to the honorable son and tells the greedy son that he needs the neighbors' good will more}}.
** [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] in the third novel, as Sarah seems to be falling in the same trap as her predecessors. {{spoiler|She's actually setting herself up for permanent enslavement, although her plan is to belong to the woman she loves... Who then
▲* In the first novel of the ''[[Slave World]]'' series, the heroine is horrified with how naively her colleagues embrace the [[Alternate Timeline]] world they have found. The scientists joins the society, believing that they will get to be part of the aristocracy and thus accept the social order where the aristocrats have absolute power over everyone else. {{spoiler|And yes, they do end up enslaved.}}
▲** [[Zig-Zagging Trope|Zigzagged]] in the third novel, as Sarah seems to be falling in the same trap as her predecessors. {{spoiler|She's actually setting herself up for permanent enslavement, although her plan is to belong to the woman she loves... Who then give her the basic "thanks but no thanks" and auction her off to a random aristocrat... a young lady to grow to become the true love of her life.}}
* Debated in the book ''SS-GB'' by [[Len Deighton]]. SS Standartenfuhrer Oskar Huth states that when he figured out that the Nazi party was going to be in power, he decided that the only position that was acceptable to him was in the ruling class. Strength determined your status in Nazi life and he was going to be on top, regardless of the cost.
* Invoked in one of [[Isaac Asimov]]'s essays, quoting a dialogue at a social function. See page quote above.
* Discussed in ''Colonel Butler's Wolf'' by [[Anthony Price]]. Butler compares himself to one of his more liberal-minded colleagues, noting that the colleague makes the usual error of believing he'd have been one of the masters in the old days but prefers modern society anyway, while Butler himself thinks the old ways were better even though he knows perfectly well he'd have been one of the servants.
* A short story, in an anthology compiled by [[Isaac Asimov]], in which a young man, obsessed with sex, finds a magical text that will allow him to assume the job of feeding dragons, aware that dragons' favorite food is young virgins. It turns out that the young man is actually a virgin, and that he is not serving food for the dragon, he is serving ''
== Tabletop Games ==
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