Poll: Chaos or Tyranny?

[Saxm13]

Interesting question posed on twitter.

Which do you think is worse?


Personally freedom is more important to me, but then again...chaos means, well, chaos.

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

BURN ALL THE THINGS!

It would be fun for the few moments before the biker gangs got me.

 

[Scrustle]

Chaos. With chaos there is no order, no predictability. Humans crave predictability, even if that means giving in to tyranny. That's why so many nations allow a tyrannical leader to take over a country that is in chaos, because people want some kind of order, no matter what it is.

 

[DJjaffacake]

On the basis that both would be equally bad, I went with tyranny because I would still be able to get services and stuff (and tyranny is a cool word).

 

[Erttheking]

I would take chaos, I would get a chance to fight for my survival and freedom.

 

[tendaji]

I think Chaos would be worse. At least with Tyranny you could learn to follow and adapt to the rules. While with Chaos you are liable to be shot and killed because someone didn't like your tie...

 

[Esotera]

Chaos, because humanity always self-organises & forms communities that are capable of great things. Everyone here on the escapist is here as a result of chaos, not tyranny, and that's true of pretty much every community I can think of, although there are probably some exceptions. Tyranny just destroys communities & doesn't let the crowd reach their full potential.

 

[Mr.Mattress]

Chaos, for it would give me the ability to form a new government.

 

[dyre]

You mean permanent chaos? Because there will usually be some leader to fill the void in cases of moments of chaos.

I'd prefer permanent tyranny over permanent chaos, as long as the government in question doesn't have a specific prejudice against my specific ethnicity, religion, etc. I get to mostly live my life as I want, as long as I don't go against the state or have overzealous neighbors who report me to the secret police for "suspected dissent."

 

[him over there]

I'm going to go with Chaos, simply because my faith in humanity gives me hope that the terrible things people do simply because it will have no repercussions will be kept to a minimum.

 

[senordesol]

Chaos. Mankind has shown time and again that it can accomplish great feats even when it seems the world has gone mad. It won't be easy, but neither is tyranny.

In Chaos you can change your circumstances to better your position. In a tyranny, whatever the dictator says goes and it doesn't matter if you lose your livelihood or your life; there's not a damn thing you can do about it.

 

[Total LOLige]

BURN ALL THE THINGS!

It would be fun for the few moments before the biker gangs got me.

Or the plastic surgeons that want your face.

Chaos you never know it might me fun.

 

[DANEgerous]

In the world I seeyou're stalking elk through the damp canyon forests around the ruins of Rockefeller Center. You'll wear leather clothes that will last you the rest of your life. You'll climb the wrist-thick kudzu vines that wrap the Sears Tower. And when you look down, you'll see tiny figures pounding corn, laying strips of venison on the empty car pool lane of some abandoned superhighway.

Chaos FTW

 

[Uszi]

Ah shit. I voted for the one I wanted, not the one I thought was worse.

You should like... actually put the question in the poll. Instead of like, way later in the OP.

Chaos is better than Tyranny cause at least you have a chance.

 

[DANEgerous]

I think Chaos would be worse. At least with Tyranny you could learn to follow and adapt to the rules. While with Chaos you are liable to be shot and killed because someone didn't like your tie...

Under trinity you will be shot in killed my myself (or or other revolutionaries) for supporting tyrants.

Tyranny is not safety. The Hunger games, China's hideous human right violations, Nazi Germany. That is tyranny it breeds chaos which in context is ironic but none the less true. Chaos is a zombie film or Left 4 Dead it somewhat less ironically breeds cooperation (possibly tyranny) or total extermination both of which I prefer over tyranny

 

[JaceArveduin]

Ah shit. I voted for the one I wanted, not the one I thought was worse.

You should like... actually put the question in the poll. Instead of like, way later in the OP.

Chaos is better than Tyranny cause at least you have a chance.

Don't worry, so did I.

OT: I think Tyranny is worse. Having someone tell me exactly what I'm going to do and when i'm going to do it does not sit well with me. It's likely to happen during chaos too, but at least then that person isn't likely to have an entire government behind him, slightly better odds. And he'd likely have other enemies too.

 

[Jedoro]

Ah shit. I voted for the one I wanted, not the one I thought was worse.

You should like... actually put the question in the poll. Instead of like, way later in the OP.

Chaos is better than Tyranny cause at least you have a chance.

Don't worry, so did I.

OT: I think Tyranny is worse. Having someone tell me exactly what I'm going to do and when i'm going to do it does not sit well with me. It's likely to happen during chaos too, but at least then that person isn't likely to have an entire government behind him, slightly better odds. And he'd likely have other enemies too.

Same here, on both accounts. You give me a job to do and leave me alone to do it, I'll get it done. You give me a job to do and tell me step-by-step how to do it every time, I'll have to resist the urge to punch you in the face.

 

[DANEgerous]

Tyranny of course. That is a circumstance that is at least part predictable and can be worked with, and can even be quite productive. Chaos or anarchy is unpredictable, unsafe, and nothing ever gets done.

Anyone who choose chaos and is not a war veteran with actual combat experience, is a liar. How can you say you prefer something while you've never experienced the most basic condition of that system?

Tyranny is not safety. China's hideous human right violations, Nazi Germany.

While that was all terrible and stuff, note how millions of people could live and in the case of China are living a pretty decent life.

Rule of the thumb for tyranny: Don't mess with the powers that be and don't belong to any persecuted groups there might be, and you'll be alright.

No you will not, your life involves more than just you, if the tyrant wants your mom dead she dies she was in the persecuted group not you but it effects you. You also so not need to belong to a persecuted group to be convicted of belonging to such a group as well as the fact the groups often change or expand to include you.

For me the rule of thumb of tyranny is kill all tyrants by any means necessary or escape to someplace else. I feel i must reiterate i would prefer utter annihilation over tyranny even if under tyranny I can scratch out a good life

 

[Raven's Nest]

Tyranny on one hand is worse by far and wide as it leads to persecution.

Chaos on the other hand, to paraphrase the joker, is fair.

On the other hand tyranny is- Wait, that's too many hands...

 

[wintercoat]

Chaos. Better to die in the pit than in the gutter.

Captcha: sting like a bee. See? Captcha understands.