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Agorism in today's TV dramas

News, Political, Media ·Friday April 29, 2011 @ 00:11 EDT (link)

This seems new. It may just be that I've become more sensitive to it. But so many drama shows today seem to involve elements of agorism—society without the state, either circumventing, ignoring, evading, or providing superior alternatives to it, and not only doing so—after all, the plethora of pro-thuggery cop shows present that angle occasionally—but promoting such acts as right, superior to the state, and defending harmless acts of capitalism between consenting adults.

People are reacting negatively to excesses of law and order (and to the show franchises of the same name… and the attitudes demonstrated on them that the state can do no wrong, although some of that is gradually improving): bad laws and their enforcement, or bad cops, are news at Internet speed.

Here are a few of the shows and the voluntaryist or agorist practices they demonstrate:

Sons of Anarchy: gun dealing, some drugs, structure and justice outside the state
Breaking Bad: drug production and distribution (to pay medical bills)
V: fighting for liberty against a tyrannical alien state (and their government allies)
Fairly Legal: mediation instead of the inefficient and unjust government court monopoly
Californication: statutory rape is held up as ridiculous in certain cases; law is flaunted
Harry's Law: alternatives dispute resolution outside of official channels is explored
Weeds: based, at least as far as we've seen, around dealing marijuana in a suburban neighborhood
Shameless (US): the entire family works to earn money outside the system or work the system

Are there any I missed? Am I stretching things, or seeing a trend that isn't there?