Introduction

This blog attempts to track a set of 14 characteristics (categories) that are applicable to political/economic systems of a given nation.   These characteristics are Religion and state separation Power of corporations protected, Rampant cronyism and corruption, Disdain and suppression of intellectuals and the arts, Fraudulent elections, Identification of enemies/scapegoats as a unifying cause, Disdain for the importance of human rights, Power of labor suppressed or eliminated, Mass media control, The supremacy of the military/avid militarism, Obsession with national security, Powerful and continuing expressions of nationalism, Obsession with crime and Punishment, and Rampant sexism.   Each of these phrases is set up as category.  

Any or several of these could apply to a given nation and time.   The more categories that apply and the more the categories move in the worsening direction, the more the citizens of that nation should worry about the future of that nation and their futures. The WAWG Index is an attempt to measure the trend of these characteristics.

These characteristics are defined here and from two other perspectives:

Laurence W. Britt, Facism Anyone?

Eco – “Eternal Fascism: 14 Ways of Looking at a Blackshirt”