By Jason Scott Jones, The Stream, October 30, 2024
Jason Jones is a senior contributor to The Stream. He is a film producer, activist, and human rights worker. He is also the author of three books, the latest of which is The Great Campaign Against the Great Reset.
What is anarcho-tyranny? Put simply, it means “Anarchy for me, tyranny for thee.” It describes a two-tiered justice system which operates to intimidate, punish, and finally suppress political opposition. You could find examples of it all through our fallen history, from the legal codes of ancient Rome that subjected slaves to torture to the Jim Crow laws in post-war America — where black men who looked crookedly at white women could face imprisonment or lynching.
But the most infamous example of anarcho-tyranny as a means of consolidating power can be found in Weimar Germany. The Nazis employed anarcho-tyranny to extend their control of the German street, such that the conservative government felt there was no choice but to invite Hitler to join them. Nazi thugs would brawl with Catholics, social democrats, Communists, and other enemies — and then when all got arrested, pro-Nazi judges would set the Nazis free, while imprisoning their victims for the crime of defending themselves. …
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