Ars Politica - Ep41: Anarcho-Tyranny - a podcast by Stephen Wolfe

Anarcho-Tyranny, A Definition: 
Selective enforcement of laws, for the purpose of control. 
The term anarcho-tyranny was introduced by Samuel T. Francis in 1992. The National Review staff summarized the term in 2011 as"anarcho-tyranny describes that stage from governmental dysfunction in which the state is anarchically hopeless at coping with large matters but ruthlessly tyrannical in the enforcement of small ones."Francis described it as"the failure of the state to enforce the laws and, at the same time, the criminalization of the law-abiding and innocent”.


“We refuse to control real criminals (that’s the anarchy), so we control the innocent (that’s the tyranny).” Samuel FrancisFrancis: The “criminalization of the law-abiding and innocent,” Francis expounded, is achieved in such a state through: “exorbitant taxation, bureaucratic regulation; the invasion of privacy, and the engineering of social institutions, such as the family and local schools; the imposition of thought control through ‘sensitivity training’ and multiculturalist curricula; ‘hate crime’ laws; gun-control laws that punish or disarm otherwise law-abiding citizens but have no impact on violent criminals who get guns illegally; and a vast labyrinth of other measures.”


Jerry Pournelle provides his own variation on this theme:"We do not live by rule of law, because no one can possibly go a day without breaking one or another of the goofy laws that have been imposed on us over the years. No one even knows all the laws that apply to almost anything we do now. We live in a time of selective enforcement of law.” 


AT is where"government increasingly lets criminal and dependent elements dominate public life while directing the heavy hand of the State onto people who are basically peaceful” https://wirkman.com/2019/08/16/free-migration-is-not-on-the-table-anarcho-tyranny-is/


Decriminalization of non-European activities with the increasingly regulated or criminalization of European social activities. 


“The hallmark of authoritarian systems is the creation of innumerable, indecipherable laws. Such systems make everyone an un-indicted felon and allow for the exercise of arbitrary government power via selective prosecution.” Ayn Rand




Examples:Certain violent groups are allowed to protest without masks during the lockdown. But poor, small business owners weren’t allowed to open up to feed their family.
People with particular political affiliations are allowed to destroy public property, but others are imprisoned even for speaking against the establishment.Elected officials and senators get to throw parties, but common people can’t even attend funerals or religious places during COVID-19.
Petty crimes of some people are punished disproportionately, but actual criminals are allowed to roam free.Invasion of personal rights through excess control or regulation.
Censorship of free speech and press freedoms. Not to mention the media itself lying to people for biased propaganda.Public slander in the form of defamation, bullying, harassment or cancel culture for having a different opinion.
Use of digital or tech devices to spy on people in order to collect their personal data.auto crime rises, law-abiding citizens need more insurance and must fight insurance claims, but criminals are not punished or restricted
a Trump supporter was maced by Antifa protestors, who also threw rocks at his truck. The Trump supporter pulled a gun on them, and he was arrested by police, who had done nothing to prevent Antifa from attacking him.Kyle Rittenhouse defends himself from attackers. He is prosecuted. His assailants are not. He is attacked by the media, courts, politicans, state. His attackers are protected by the media, courts, politicians, state. Rittenhouse defends himself, powers that be attack him. Black nationalist guy plows car into parade of white children, media...

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