Human: What was the name of the essay written by George F. Kennan in which he argued that the United States should become "an authoritarian state"? Assistant: 
The essay written by George F. Kennan in which he argued that the United States should become "an authoritarian state" is called "The Prerequisites". Kennan argued that the suffrage should be stripped from all American women, immigrants, and Afro-Americans as he felt that only native-born white American males had the necessary intelligence to vote.