In a 1994 article published by Chronicles Magazine titled "Anarcho-Tyranny, U.S.A.", Sam Francis describes anarcho-tyranny as the combination of oppressive government power against the innocent and law-abiding and a paralysis of the will to use that power for basic public duties such as protection or public safety.

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In a 1994 article published by Chronicles Magazine titled “Anarcho-Tyranny, U.S.A.”, Sam Francis describes this phenomenon: