Anarchy
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Anarchy, literally a system without leaders, is the absence of political governance. While social theories of anarchy hold that it could result in societal harmony, the term is often used as a slang meaning disordered social chaos.
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As a societal state
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The Chalnoth homeworld existed in a state of anarchy, rejecting authority in all forms. (TNG: "Allegiance")
As social chaosEdit
Anarchy was often thought of as the undesirable outcome of a breakdown in law and order. (TNG: "Frame of Mind")
In an alternate reality where Nazi Germany had invaded the United States, Winston Churchill framed the importance to continue fighting as by stating that "It must be world anarchy or world order". (ENT: "Storm Front"
After Kirk suggested to the Providers of Triskelion that they free the Thralls, one of the providers argued that this would mean anarchy, and therefore starvation. Kirk then countered that the Thralls should form a self-governing culture. (TOS: "The Gamesters of Triskelion")
After the collapse of government on Tilonus IV, Jean-Luc Picard described the planet as being in a state of total anarchy. (TNG: "Frame of Mind")
In 2368 a Borg cube travelling through the Nekrit Expanse failed, and a number of survivors managed to transport to a nearby planet. They started regaining their memories, and old conflicts between the many species represented flared up again. The situation got out of hand, until those opposed to the conflict described it as anarchy. (VOY: "Unity")
Kai Winn Adami was concerned that Bajor would descend into anarchy and chaos if Shakaar Edon did not return the soil reclamators he had refused to give back to the Provisional Government in late 2371. (DS9: "Shakaar")
Similary, Bahrat lamented that if he left a murder unpunished, his station would descend in a state of anarchy within a day. (VOY: "Fair Trade")
Other usesEdit
One of Riva's chorus described himself as representing "the anarchy of lust" in Riva's person. (TNG: "Loud As A Whisper")
