" According to The Road to Serfdom, the descent into tyranny occurs as individuals surrender their rights over time, often apathetically, and the government metastasizes accordingly; eventually, a corrupt individual assumes the head of a bloated government and can reign with absolute power. Conversely, in V for Vendetta, it’s an immediate release. In the dystopian world, government agents and corrupted doctors work to manufacture an epidemic to create a crisis in their country. Seized by fear, no one questions when the police implement curfews, individuals disappear in the night,