Anarcho-tyranny

Samuel Francis defined this condition as the combination of oppressive government power against the innocent and the law-abiding and, simultaneously, a grotesque paralysis of the ability or the will to use that power to carry out basic public duties such as protection or public safety. It is characteristic of anarcho-tyranny that it not only fails to punish criminals and enforce legitimate order but also criminalizes the innocent, and in this respect its failures bring the country, or important parts of it, close to a state of anarchy. That semblance of anarchy is coupled with many of the characteristics of tyranny, under which innocent and law-abiding citizens are punished by the state or suffer gross violations of their rights and liberty at the hands of the state. Francis identified punishment of the non-compliant as the real purpose of the tyranny component.