Anarchy Is Chaos/Playing With
Basic Trope: With no rules, laws, or leaders to follow, society crumbles.
- Played Straight: Tropestan has no government, and therefore everyone looks out only for their own interests, even at the expense of others.
- Exaggerated: Tropestan is a Wretched Hive, always at war with itself, and everyone is destitute and perpetually in survival mode.
- Inverted:
- Although Tropestan has no political leaders or government offices, everyone comes together to help one another out.
- Tropestan has a government, but society crumbles.
- Subverted: 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.
- Double Subverted: But then the informal leaders disagree amongst themselves, or the rules are not enforced effectively, or both, and chaos ensues.
- Deconstructed:
- Reconstructed:
- Lampshaded: "You can't drive without traffic laws! Think of the pedestrians!"
- Parodied:
- Averted: Tropestan has a fully-functional government.
- Enforced:
- Invoked: King Bob the Nth dies, leaving no heirs behind (and no one who really liked his ways anyway). The people have no leader until further notice.
- Defied: Someone steps up and does things to keep the peace and order.
- Discussed: "What would the world be like with no religious or political leaders, everyone just doing what they want?"
- 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."
- Played For Laughs:
- Played For Drama: Almost always is.