History Main / AnarchoTyranny

* How {{Hell}} is run in ''WesternAnimation/HazbinHotel''. Lucifer is theoretically in charge ([[AsskickingLeadsToLeadership because he can do horrible things to anyone who says otherwise]]) but the only laws canonically confirmed to exist are a ban on travel to the mortal realm and a trademark or copyright on the name of the "Lulu Land" amusement park. Drugs are sold from vending machines, civilian ownership of fully automatic weapons is widespread, genocidal turf wars among the demon lords are an annual thing, and there's nothing anyone can do about fraud and other bad business practices. The protagonist is Lucifer's daughter, technically the princess of Hell, but nobody affords her any respect for it. When we finally meet him, however, it's shown why he hasn't really gotten involved in Hell's affair for so long: [[TheDevilIsALoser he's clinically depressed]]. He is estranged from his wife and daughter, he has a [[HumansAreBastards low opinion of the sinners and demons of his domain]], and he considers his status as king of the Hell as an IronicHell (ironically) that he regents helping create.

* ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'': Night City is a hellhole, by design. Many of the {{Mega Corp}}s practically donate guns to the local gangs (and poison the water supply, experiment on civilians, drive everyone insane with ads covering ''every'' square meter of horizontal space), thereby ensuring endless warfare at the street level and preventing the citizens from banding together. You can count the number of politicians ''in the galaxy'' who haven't been bought out by a {{Mega Corp}} on one hand, and you also meet one who is instead ''brainwashed'' by a conspiracy that may be a run by rampant {{AI}}s. And Cyberspace Is A Scary Place, as it has devolved into an even worse Anarcho-Tyranny, where only the strongest and most ruthless {{AI}}s rule.

* ''AnimeAndManga/DeathNote'': Kira claims that his mass-slaughter is justified by creating a perfectly ordered, crime-free world. Except, during the third act, it is revealed that ''organized crime'' is still active. With the meticulousness of Kira's death schedules, this is no oversight. Meanwhile, people are sentenced to death for laziness, complaining about Kira, or doing anything but workaholism and forcing others to be workaholics. It is implied that Kira's definition of 'criminal' has devolved into 'people who are imperfect', as in, those who don't abuse and take advantage of others ''perfectly''.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Harley Quinn|2019}}'' late season one to early season two, Joker wanted anarcho-tyranny with himself in charge, while Harley specifically wanted ToCreateAPlaygroundForEvil with no leader which made the Injustice League take over.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SamuraiJack'', this seems to be the way that [[BigBad Aku]] ([[EvilOverlord the demonic king of Earth]]) runs his evil empire. Instead of a totalitarian regime where everything is strictly monitored and controlled, Aku allows the whole world to be consumed by an endless state of lawlessness, violence, and warfare; in which all sorts of criminals, monsters, supervillains, and warlords run rampant, fighting with each other and terrorizing innocent people as they please. Aku himself, being an [[EldritchAbomination immortal, godlike demon sorcerer]], is so far beyond anybody else on the planet in terms of raw power, that he ''could'' be an unstoppable domineering tyrant if he wanted to; but he really only intervenes personally if he feels like [[ForTheEvulz engaging in such cruelty for his own amusement]], or to crush anyone trying to rebel against his reign of terror (especially his ArchEnemy [[TheHero Jack]], who's the only person capable of harming him).