{"id":907,"date":"2024-03-02T04:43:53","date_gmt":"2024-03-02T04:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/sam-francis-on-anarcho-tyranny\/"},"modified":"2024-03-02T04:43:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-02T04:43:53","slug":"sam-francis-on-anarcho-tyranny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2024\/03\/02\/sam-francis-on-anarcho-tyranny\/","title":{"rendered":"Sam Francis on Anarcho-Tyranny"},"content":{"rendered":"

From a 1994 Chronicles<\/em> article<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n

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This condition, which in some of my columns I have called \u201canarcho-tyranny,\u201d is essentially a kind of Hegelian synthesis of what appear to be dialectical opposites: 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. And, it is characteristic of anarcho-tyranny that it not only fails to punish criminals and enforce legitimate order but also criminalizes the innocent. <\/span><\/p>\n

[. . .]<\/span><\/p>\n

In fact, we criminalize the innocent all the time in the United States today\u2014through asset seizure laws that confiscate your property even before you\u2019re convicted of possessing illegal drugs; through mandatory brainwashing programs designed to reconstruct your mind with \u201csensitivity training,\u201d \u201chuman relations,\u201d and rehabilitation if you display politically incorrect ideas on certain occasions; through prosecuting people like Bernhard Goetz who use guns to defend themselves; and through gun control laws in general. Under anarcho-tyranny, gun control laws do not usually target criminals who use guns to commit their crimes. The usual suspects are noncriminals who own, carry, or use guns against criminals\u2014like the Korean store owners in Los Angeles or like Mr. Goetz, who spent several months in jail after picking off the three hoodlums who were making ready to liberate him from life and limb.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Sound familiar? That was 30 years ago. Things are worse now. And you are still<\/em> a Democrat? <\/span><\/p>\n

How many of you remember Bernie Goetz?<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a 1994 Chronicles article: This condition, which in some of my columns I have called \u201canarcho-tyranny,\u201d is essentially a kind of Hegelian synthesis of what appear to be dialectical opposites: 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 … Continue reading “Sam Francis on Anarcho-Tyranny”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,29],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-crime-and-punishment","category-political-ponerology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/907\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}