The Authoritarian Nationalist Wants A Louder Leader

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Strong Hand, Strong Jaw

Strong Hand, Strong Jaw

Bohiney Magazine and The London Prat file this dispatch from the political far right and libertarian frontier.

The Authoritarian Nationalist believes the country is great, the people are noble, and the cure is a slightly louder leader with a slightly tighter grip. Our editor Alan Nafzger, of The London Prat, files these field notes on the Authoritarian Nationalist mindset, with help from Britannica on authoritarianism and UK Parliament.

Twenty Things You Learn Watching Authoritarian Nationalist In The Wild

  1. Has explained, at length, that the country needs a strong hand and a strong jaw.
  2. Refers to dissent as the noisy weather.
  3. Believes any institution older than him is, structurally, a sort of vehicle for the will of the people.
  4. Has a fantasy in which the Prime Minister addresses the country, alone, on a balcony, briefly.
  5. Refers to elections as a sort of regular check-up.
  6. Considers any sentence containing the word checks and balances a small inconvenience.
  7. Has a binder of speeches by men in suits in unusually big offices.
  8. Refers to media pluralism as the long argument.
  9. Believes any independent body should be invited to a quiet word.
  10. Has explained, at a wedding, that the toast is to discipline and the country.
  11. Refers to the courts as the friends we trust, when they cooperate.
  12. Considers any sentence questioning the leader a sort of small unhelpfulness.
  13. Has a soft spot for parades and a harder one for processions.
  14. Refers to NGO funding as the hidden weather.
  15. Believes any constitution that includes a brake should also include a slightly larger accelerator.
  16. Has a fantasy in which The Telegraph runs a series titled the case for command.
  17. Refers to civil society as the polite congregation.
  18. Considers any opposition a sort of seasonal flu.
  19. Has explained that he is, fundamentally, in favour of stability, with energy.
  20. Believes the cure for the country is the country, but tighter, faster and sometimes louder.

Closing Note From The Editor

If any of the above sounds familiar, you have wandered into a libertarian conference, a country house weekend, or a Bitcoin meetup with very strong opinions. More dispatches at govna.uk and the parent site prat.uk. For a second opinion that is also wrong, see The Onion.

SOURCE: https://prat.uk/category/politics/

SOURCE: The London Prat