Line #17 PlayingWith/AnarchyIsChaos


1	'''Basic Trope''': With no rules, laws, or leaders to follow, society crumbles.
2	* '''Straight''': [[{{Qurac}} Tropestan]] has no government, and therefore [[ItsAllAboutMe everyone looks out only for their own interests]], even at the expense of others.
3	* '''Exaggerated''':
4	** Tropestan is a WretchedHive, always at war with itself, and everyone is destitute and perpetually in survival mode.
5	** Under the [[AllCrimesAreEqual unspeakably]] [[UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans cruel]] [[BigBrotherIsWatching leadership]] of the [[HangingJudge Twelve]] [[JudgeJuryAndExecutioner Judges]] of Tropestan, societal stability was maintained [[HobbesWasRight at the expense of personal freedom.]] The [[ExtremelyShortTimespan pico-second]] they announce that [[InternalReformist they have proposed a bill that would relinquish the control they have over peoples' lives,]] allowing them to live and do as they wish, the nation devolved into perpetual chaos, civil war, greed, selfishness, and destruction FasterThanLight[=,=] travelling backwards through time and [[TeleFrag tele-fragging]] itself several seconds prior to the decision having been made.
6	* '''Downplayed''': Tropestan gets along more or less - however they can't coordinate well enough to keep infrastructure maintained.
7	* '''Justified''':
8	** Tropestan was in a precarious situation beforehand.
9	** HobbesWasRight
10	* '''Inverted''':
11	** Although Tropestan has no political leaders or government offices, [[RousseauWasRight everyone comes together to help one another out]].
12	** The WretchedHive is so wretched because the government is FascistButInefficient; its nominal enforcers are just a better-armed gang more interested in dealing with "political enemies" (anyone who has an idea to unite people and fix the mess) than maintaining order.
13	** Tropestan is more-or-less a dystopian & reactionary police state exactly ''because'' there's no central government to enforce the rights and liberties of its inhabitants. As a result, minorities are often ostrachized, barred from basic needs, or lynched by their commune's VigilanteMilitia for alledged crimes, demagouges essentially rule communes in all but name, and society returned to FamilyHonor to gauge a family's trustworthiness- with [[HonorRelatedAbuse all that implies.]]
14	* '''Subverted''':
15	** Tropestan has no formal government or political leaders, but a tribal-like tribunal or "moderators" and everyone has a say, and there are behavioral standards that must be adhered to.
16	** Or, with no formal government, the territory falls prey to foreign invasion from neighbors looking for valuable land and/or {{Balkaniz\|eMe}}ation as warlords and communities seek to instill order before total chaos can arise.
17	* '''Double Subverted''':
18	** But then the informal leaders disagree amongst themselves, or the rules are not enforced effectively, or both, and chaos ensues.
19	** The informal leaders simply cannot maintain infrastructure, no matter how hard they try.
20	* '''Parodied''':
21	** Anarchist characters will loudly proclaim their desire for chaos, acting on it in a ridiculously over the top manner.
22	** The 'anarchists' have no idea what real anarchy is.
23	* '''Zig Zagged''': Tropestan's government collapses, and in the wake of it things appear to go well for a while, but then devolve into violent chaos.
24	* '''Averted''': Tropestan has a fully-functional government.
25	* '''Enforced''':
26	** AuthorAppeal
27	** SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism
28	* '''Lampshaded''': "You can't drive without traffic laws! Think of the pedestrians!"
29	* '''Invoked''':
30	** KingBobTheNth dies, leaving no heirs behind (and no one who really liked his ways anyway). The people have no leader until further notice.
31	** Not only does lack of government result in chaos, but anarchists explicitly ''want'' this, and will actively destroy/fight any order that emerges, whether or not it's oppressive.
32	* '''Exploited''': Anarchist characters use this reputation to their advantage, such as by intimidating enemies with [[ObfuscatingInsanity fake]] AxCrazy behavior.
33	* '''Defied''': Someone steps up and does things to keep peace and order.
34	* '''Discussed''': "What would the world be like with no religious or political leaders, everyone just doing what they want?"
35	* '''Conversed''': "I don't know...I suppose it would depend on the people in a given society, and whether they pull together, or whether they look out only for themselves."
36	* '''Implied''': The word anarchy is never used except in a negative context, or as a synonym for chaos.
37	* '''Deconstructed''': The plot is set in a place where a government either does not exist, or has collapsed, exploring whether this anarchy must necessarily also equal chaos.
38	* '''Reconstructed''': Anarchy does result in chaos, and the reasons why are shown (perhaps despite the efforts of real anarchists, who come off as well-intentioned but still misguided). Conversely, a plausible scenario for an orderly anarchy is presented.
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