Anarcho-tyranny is a stage of governmental dysfunction where the state is anarchically hopeless at coping with large matters but ruthlessly tyrannical in the enforcement of small ones.1 It is described as "law without order: a constant busybodying about behavior that does not at all derive from a shared moral consensus." Thomas Fleming suggests stoicism as a survival skill. Francis argues that anarcho-tyranny is built into the managerial system and cannot be solved simply by fighting corruption or voting out incumbents. He concludes that only by devolving power back toward law-abiding citizens can sanity be restored.2 The phrase anarcho-tyranny is the opposite of what America was founded to be, which was a republican form of government that established strict limits on government power.0