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Then on the flip side of the coin, the political parties in a work may be used to show that [[Democracy Is Bad|the democratic system in this society is incredibly flawed or a huge joke]]. Similarly, a fake party may be a [[Fictional Counterpart|stand-in]] to critique a [[Real Life]] political agenda or party, at which point such a group is likely to be used as a [[Strawman Political]] for an [[Author Tract]]. In other cases, the party itself may be based on ideas or concepts that are impossible (or pointless) to politicize in the democratic process, such as disorganized chaos or apathy, for [[Rule of Funny|the sake of comedy]].
Occasionally, a story taking place in a [[The Future|Future]] setting may suggest that two or more [[Real Life]] political parties from the present day will have combined into a single party, for example, "The Republocrats." For added humor, combine two modern day parties with conflicting ideologies, like the "Traditional Progressive Party."<ref>Not to be confused with [[Canada]]'s Real Life "[[w:Progressive Conservative Party|Progressive Conservative Party]]".</ref> Likewise, an [[Alternate History]] story may rewrite political history, suggesting that a party developed a similar yet different platform, compared to their actual counterpart, or even suggesting that major parties fizzled out while minor ones became big players long after they had disbanded in the real world.
See Also: [[No Party Given]], [[Strawman Political]], and [[A Nazi by Any Other Name]].
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== Comics ==
* In ''[[Judge Dredd]]'', the only democratic freedom allowed to the citizens of Mega-City One is the election of the city's Mayor, a very minor role that serves as a liaison between citizens and Justice Department. When the election campaign for [[Everything's Better with Monkeys|Dave the Orangutan]] was covered in the story arc, "Portrait of a Politician," just about every social clique was shown to have formed its own political party and running its own candidate, many of which would kill each other in mob riots leading up to the election. Named parties include the Apathetic Fringe (who don't care about any issues), the Young Norms (presumably an anti-[[Mutants|mutant]] lobby), the Lib-Lab Flab Party (presumably a Liberal-Labor party amongst the Big Meg's morbidly obese population), the Uglies (just ugly people), and the All-Out-War Party (basically a group of [[Bomb-Throwing Anarchists]]). When the All-Out-War Party starts stirring up trouble, Dredd gives them exactly what they want.
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