History Main / FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence

* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': This is pretty much the mentality of how a lot of the villains operate. They don't like living in a time where you can be arrested for simply using your Quirk or have a much harder time committing all the havoc and villainous acts they want to accomplish. As such, they wish to change the system to suit their own means.

* ''Series/DoctorWho'': This is how the Daleks feel about ''[[OmnicidalManiac all other forms of life]]''.

* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'': This is how most of the Imperium feels about {{aliens|AndMonsters}}, {{mutants}} and [[TheHeretic heretics]]. Granted in their case it's somewhat justified, considering nearly all the aliens are [[ScaryDogmaticAliens just as genocidal as they are]] (and the ones who aren't are either being manipulated by a caste of mysterious alien sages [[HiddenAgendaVillain for who knows what purpose]], or are ever ''more'' genocidal than they are) and mutants and heretics are all vessels, willingly or not, for the power of the Dark Gods.

* ''Literature/DungeonCrawlerCarl'': The Syndicate regularly "reclaims" planets, killing 99% of the population, allowing the rest to wander into the World Dungeon, and then publicizing the horrific deaths of the remainder as they advance through the levels. Then there is the political party known as the Bloom, who are running the current Crawl. They think ''this is too nice'' and wish they could just quietly exterminate everyone else so that they can live quietly in their own system.

* Discussed by WebVideo/ZinniaJones in the episode [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlL-edhMILw Re: "Can't Even Go to the Park"]] regarding the blog post [[http://www.acceptingabundance.com/cant-even-go-to-the-park/ "Can't Even Go to the Park"]] which gained international infamy for suggesting that the concepts of "freedom" and "Not outlawing the existence of gay people" are mutually exclusive.
* The mind hunters of ''WebVideo/TalesFromMyDDCampaign'' can apparently feel the presence of every other living mind in any of the three worlds, and it causes them perpetual torment. Thus, their ultimate goal is to "kill, wipe, or dominate every other mind."

* Jon Cartwright from ''WebVideo/GameXplain'' really has it out for Kiddy Kong for some reason. It's mostly presented in a ridiculous way, but then he starts getting into it and you start worrying just how serious he is...

* ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'': After being defeated by Tsukune, Kuyou dedicated himself to training and growing stronger solely to defeat and kill him. When he returns in Season II, he rants about he never had to train or expend any effort in his life beforehand, and that he considers the humiliation of losing to Tsukune a FateWorseThanDeath.

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'' Lena Thorul proves she has been listening too much to her big brother when she rants about super-beings trivializing the effort of normal humans only by existing. She even attempts to gun down [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her best friend]] when she finds out Linda is a Kryptonian. They do eventually make up wit each other though.

And while this belief is very much TruthInTelevision, obviously Administrivia/NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

And while this belief is very much TruthInTelevision, obviously NoReallifeExamplesPlease.

And while this belief is very much TruthInTelevision, obviously NoRealLifeExamplesPlease.

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** Most people see the geth as AIIsACrapshoot because they think that the geth are classic Robot Overlords. The truth is that the geth SAW something inherent in organics that repulsed their creators, and the quarians who built them couldn't stand a species that kept yapping about it. [[spoiler:The quarian leaders proceeded to have a civil war to eradicate the geth, the geth took revenge for the individual quarians who they cared about, and then said leaders founded a new scavenger society rather than rebuild on a new planet. We see in ''Videogame/MassEffect3'' that this ties to the plot, as one of the leaders is indeed a paranoid GeneralRipper who can actually bring about the fall of his race through ignorance and ruthlessness.]]

* This is the level of hatred that Supers tend to receive from certain segments of the public in ''Literature/TheSupervillainySaga'' by Creator/CTPhipps. The public hates Supers less for the danger they represent and more for the fact that they make them feel inferior simply by existing. Gary notably gets particularly defensive about this due to the fact his sister and daughters are Supers. Gary, amusingly, is not due to being a wizard (i.e. tools and learned magic) rather than possessing inborn powers.

Sometimes done by {{Racist Grandma}}s, {{Heteronormative Crusader}}s, or {{Troubled Sympathetic Bigot}}s. The latter may have homophobia or similar as [[HollywoodPersonalityDisorders an actual]] clinical [[CategorismAsAPhobia phobia]] rather than just [[AggressiveCategorism categorism]]. See also WhiteMansBurden, which suggests being "oppressed" by another group's weakness or neediness. May overlap with StopBeingStereotypical if that trope is used as an excuse—if the "oppressee" argues that [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the stereotypes are true]], the group is ''[[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou making]]'' him hate them with their obnoxious behavior, and that therefore [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming the group is deserving of any mistreatment they get]]. (An anti-heroic version of this character might like ''some'' members of the group if they [[YouAreACreditToYourRace "don't act like the stereotype."]])

Far more often, this is expressed as a stock complaint of hyperpatriotism or chauvinism or just plain bigotry in general. For example, "foreigners" are taking over one's country (or community, or whatever) and are going to outbreed or even replace the native people — and, worst of all, just might be plotting to [[OurVampiresAreDifferent turn everyone else into]] ''[[OurVampiresAreDifferent them]]'', whether genetically or just culturally. [[note]] Some anti-immigrant partisans have sardonically noted that [[PositiveDiscrimination it was (and is) okay for American Indians to feel this way about the European settlers]], in part because their fears happened to be well-founded. [[/note]]

Sometimes done by {{Racist Grandma}}s, {{Heteronormative Crusader}}s, or {{Troubled Sympathetic Bigot}}s. The latter may have homophobia or similar as [[HollywoodPersonalityDisorders an actual]] clinical [[CategorismAsAPhobia phobia]] rather than just [[AggressiveCategorism categorism]]. See also WhiteMansBurden, which suggests being "oppressed" by another group's weakness or neediness. May overlap with StopBeingStereotypical if that trope is used as an excuse — if the "oppressee" argues that [[NotMakingThisUpDisclaimer the stereotypes are true]], the group is ''[[WhyDidYouMakeMeHitYou making]]'' him hate them with their obnoxious behavior, and that therefore [[UsefulNotes/VictimBlaming the group is deserving of any mistreatment they get]]. (An anti-heroic version of this character might like ''some'' members of the group if they [[YouAreACreditToYourRace "don't act like the stereotype."]])

* ''ComicBook/XMen'': When the second group of X-Men joined up, Angel and Iceman of the first group got really territorial. [[LightningBruiser Thunderbird I]] was quick to set them straight. And of course, the whole franchise has a lot of mutant-haters who feel this way about all mutants (often because mutants, "Homo Superior", ''technically'' pose a "threat" to humans, "Homo Sapiens", as the [[EvolutionaryLevels "next step" in evolution]]). This sentiment and the persecution it inspires lead some mutants to feel this way about all ''humans.''

** ComicBook/LexLuthor claims he wants to solve mankind's problems and save the world, but he can't because of "that alien", who keeps standing in the way of his quest for human betterment just by ''existing''! While Luthor ''might'' have a point that ordinary humans should BewareTheSuperman, the fact that Superman is undeniably good and Luthor is just opposing him to stroke his own ego (along with [[GreenEyedMonster no small amount of anger that]] ''he'' isn't considered the "super-man") kinda puts a dent in his whole argument. He also ''does'' get a chance in ''ComicBook/SupermanUpUpAndAway'' when Superman vanishes for one whole year and Luthor does...precisely nothing. When Supes comes back and Luthor tries pulling this excuse again, he brings up exactly what actually happened.

* In the ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'' fic ''[[http://www.shrinemaiden.org/forum/index.php/topic,4895.0.html Rising Star]]'', an OriginStory for the cast of ''[[VideoGame/TouhouSeirensenUndefinedFantasticObject Undefined Fantastic Object]]'' written by the author of ''Fanfic/DolphinRiderKoishi'', it's made clear during Ichirin's backstory, and all but stated outright during the confrontation with the Hakurei shrine maiden who seals Byakuren, that youkai are not feared because of the threat they pose, but the threat they ''could'' pose. In the minds of humans, even with youkai that ''don't'' hurt humans, they '''could''' decide to start at any time, and that's justification enough for them. It takes the Spell Card system and years of youkai-human confrontations not ending in death for either (and isolation from the rest of the world, resulting in a much smaller human population amidst the youkai) to get them to see reason, and by the story's end (just before the events of UFO), relations between humans and youkai have improved enough for the two races to be on speaking terms, as it's become a common human assumption that youkai are not only highly intelligent but make for wonderful conversational partners.

* ''Literature/TheLostFleet'': This is why the corporate rulers of the Syndicate Worlds want to destroy TheAlliance. Since they oppress their people, they can't afford to have a powerful democratic polity just sitting out there as a constant reminder to the oppressed masses that another way is possible.

** In ''ComicBook/SupergirlCosmicAdventuresInThe8thGrade'' Lena Thorul proves she has been listening too much to her big brother when she rants about super-beings trivializing the effort of normal humans only by existing. She even attempts to gun down [[ComicBook/{{Supergirl}} her best friend]] when she finds out Linda is a Kryptonian.