The final reason we’ll offer - and this is a tricky one - is post 9/11 mentality. Anybody who’s ever confronted a “good ol’ boy network” ( Travis ) understands how deep those bonds can be. Of course, another reason is plain old corruption, like a sheriff in cahoots with the local meth producers. And you definitely don’t want to cross the cartels. As it happens, the hippies growing weed in the woods are a lot more chill and easier to bring in than those meth guys. Until marijuana was effectively legalized here in Tennessee 5, you’d constantly see front-page headlines in small-town papers bragging about big pot busts while driving past meth labs every day.
#Anarcho tyranny how to#
The new principal may not have a clue why the 8th-grade class is reading at a 2nd-grade level or how to fix it, but he can quickly call out all the girls whose skirts are an inch too short, and then take those “results” to the school board. Unfortunately, thorny problems take years to solve, and effective action may not be immediately obvious. When a career bureaucrat gets into a position of power, their job survival depends on results. I recommended Lethal Enforcers - a long-forgotten epitome of carefree ‘90s violence.Īnother cause of anarcho-tyranny is a focus on low-hanging fruit. However, my first inclination that something was wrong came in fifth grade when our teacher 4 - married to a cop - asked for video game recommendations on games that would let him shoot as many people as he wanted since he didn’t get to shoot many people as a cop. The cops are still behaving badly, but now they’re more likely to let shoplifters run free.Īs for what the heck is wrong with police in this country, I’m not touching that particular topic because it’s beyond my understanding. We’ve seen this in action over the past couple of years with failed “defund the police” efforts. A lean, efficient government is effectively a killing machine without amenities like smooth roads or trips to the moon. And when you get right down to it, the core of government is its monopoly on violence, and that monopoly costs money to maintain. Starving the beast forces the beast to be leaner, more vicious, and more efficient. You’ve probably heard the Dune quote, “The spice must flow!” Likewise: the bear must eat. You call the fire department for a house fire, and after you’ve lost everything they slap you with an $800 bill for their trouble. The cops start taking advantage of civil forfeiture laws to rob the people like bandits so they can buy a margarita machine. ” The city manager rings the police chief and tells him he has to bring in so many speeding tickets per month or he doesn’t get paid 3. If a city’s tax base dries up, the city doesn’t just fold and say “Oh well 2. It becomes angrier and more vicious as it seeks out any available food source to stave off death. A bear doesn’t simply curl up in a cave and die. In fact, if you consider the root of the metaphor, it’s obvious. The idea is that since getting rid of government programs is politically unfeasible, politicians simply cut funding until they magically go away.īut that’s not how that works. As we discussed in our civil war post, there’s the concept of “starving the beast” to get rid of excess government programs. Large, systemic problems like anarcho-tyranny are difficult to pinpoint, but we’ll identify some of the root causes. And you’ll probably gain an appreciation for the concept even if you lean left. I cannot think of a better term than “anarcho-tyranny” to describe the current state of Western governments that are unable to solve real problems but have broad authority to harshly lord over the citizenry.
That said, we all know the origins of Volkswagen, yet people still drive them. It was a different era.)Īs a term, “anarcho-tyranny” has always had a far-right connotation. Apparently, he used to be a fan of cancel culture. (He was fired after being called out by Dinesh D'Souza in The Washington Post. Francis, an avowed white nationalist, who was too racist for The Washington Times… in the 1990s. Srinivasan didn’t use the term “anarcho-tyranny” probably for the same reason I’ve been reticent to use it: it was invented by Samuel T. In simple terms, anarcho-tyranny is when the state stops upholding its end of the social contract to use its monopoly on violence for its own ends. Srinivasan’s definition of anarcho-tyranny, and my personal favorite: “ the law is powerless to help you, but it can still harm you.
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