>>This is an over-expansive definition of tyranny, I think. It says, for example, that waging war against another country is tyranny. I can imagine adopting thi

>>This is an over-expansive definition of tyranny, I think. It says, for example, that waging war against another country is tyranny. I can imagine adopting this position, but is it what you mean? Any non-defensive use of violence, and any violence that goes beyond the minimum required eliminate the immediate threat is unethical. So yes most wars fought by most nations are Unethical and an example of Tyranny >>I agree that the government can lay criminal charges against an individual, whereas an individual cannot do so against another, but that is a very general phenomenon that has nothing particular to do with Flynn's case, so again I assume that it's not what you mean.) In Flynn's case he was charged with Lying to the FBI, it is illegal for you to lie to the FBI but it is perfectly legal for the FBI to lie to you... For this to not be Tyrannical then it either needs to be illegal for the FBI to lie to a suspect, or it needs to be legal for a suspect to lie to the FBI