The Concept of Anti-Authoritarian Nationalism

“business competition, which is also a conflict of human interests and activities” or “still more like State policy, which again, on its part may be looked upon as a kind of business competition on a great scale Clausewitsz.2001 The tax dollars cuts come up as the third issue. In Clinton’s term, the tax cuts are meant to the high incomes but contrarily in Bush’s term, it is purposed for the middle-working class. The policy of the tax cuts enacted in 2001 when Bush lead as the U.S president. To argue about the tax cuts, the economists were separated into two groups. The proponents state that the policy brings some positive impacts such as increasing pace of the economy growth and providing employment. Another group states that the policy of tax burden the low and middle income class while the wealthy people will be more prosperous. The economy growth though positive does not mean that it will solve the employment problems. It is even potential to cause the income inequality. The condition surely is a burden for the middle-working class. Bush tax cuts have shifted the burden from the rich to the middle-working class. One of the problem makers is about the corporate scandals. The corporations have escaped to pay their fair share as the result of Bush tax cuts. The proponents’ confidence that the tax cuts will bring benefits for both the rich and the middle-working class is out of expectation. Obviously, the tax cuts failed. It contributed to the budget deficit which practically reduces government ability to fund essential services for the schools, health, infrastructures and even basic research. Absolutely, it is fall to produce the economy growth. Therefore, during more than decades American got less income. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI

4.2.2.2 Social Issues of Anti-Authoritarian Nationalism

There are some prominent issues appear in Anti-Flag song lyrics dealing with the ideology of nationalism. Human experimentation is the first issue. It refers to the use of human as the subjects of tests and experiments. Main purpose of the doing is for the national security. It deals with the concept of governments and its parliaments to protect the state and its citizens against all kinds of national issues. It is for the science and pharmaceutical development. To heal ailments and injuries of human bodies is better to study humans than animals since animals are not identical to humans. Human as a subjects are given the new vaccines or drugs for against some diseases as like malaria and hepatitis in order to know the effects of the new drugs in human body. In military services, the tests and experiments conducted to support weapon development programs. Some test programs are nuclear test program; it is purposively to gain a better understanding of the tactical effects on troops, protective clothing and which thousands of people were exposed to mustard gas and lewisite agents: a chemical weapon, blister agent, lung irritant, which causes severe burns and can cause death. It was done during World War II. Another tests with army was the biological warfare experiments. The purpose of the tests was to determine U.S defense vulnerabilities to biological warfare. For example, between 1949 and 1969, the unaware population was sprayed with bacterial tracers or stimulants. PLAGIAT MERUPAKAN TINDAKAN TIDAK TERPUJI