Anarcho-Tyranny during Katrina in New Orleans
The late conservative writer Sam Francis, who is acknowledged by both Ann Coulter and Pat Buchanan as an influence on their thinking, described life in modern Western democracies as a unique form of government he called “anarcho-tyranny.” The essential characteristic of an anarcho-tyrannic regime is oppression of the productive classes of society with taxes and mickey-mouse regulations, while the unproductive criminal classes of society are given free reign.
In our own area we see the city setting up speed traps on the nice end of town to catch mommy doing 40 on her way to Kroger, while law enforcement does nothing to prevent grandmas from getting carjacked in broad daylight at the mall. There is some logic to such a system, as the submissive, productive classes of society can be milked for easy revenue for speeding tickets, licensing fees and other associated minor harassments of government; whereas to actually attempt to control and contain the criminal element would require government employees to risk life and limb to protect the public, a much less profitable and more dangerous task.
Perhaps the most extreme example of anarcho-tyranny in recent history was the treatment of law-abiding homeowners during Hurricane Katrina. While the criminal population degenerated into savagery at the Superdome, the police were busy confiscating firearms from citizens simply trying the protect their property from the omnipresent looting and killing. If there was anytime in recent history when a homeowner needed a firearm, it was during Katrina. And this was the very time the government took away their arms.
We saw the future of multicultural America when the veil of civic order was lifted- much of the country in urban areas will simply degenerate into savagery once civil authority is removed. Contrast that with the entirely orderly response of rural counties in Mississippi equally affected by Katrina, who helped and aided each other without any police intervention or government effort.
The NRA has a particularly haunting series of videos regarding what happened to law-abiding citizens in New Orleans at this site:
Lesson: have a small cache of guns to “surrender” to the authorities if this ever happens again. Hide the rest.