Adjective
totalitarian- A system of government where the people have virtually no authority and the state wields absolute control, for example a dictatorship.
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...Totalitarian regimes or movements maintain themselves in political power by means of an official all-embracing ideology and propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that controls the state, personality cults, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of free discussion and criticism, the use of mass surveillance, and widespread use of state terrorism. Read full entry
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What was the appeal of What was the appeal of
totalitarian governments
(Communism, Fascism, and
Nazism) during the interwar
period?
How did the leaders like
Hitler and Mussolini rise to
power?
What effects did their
ideologies and regimes have on
both their own nations and the
world?
Do you find any method or
ideology convincing?
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I've dealt with this kind of question before, and thus I'll repeat what I said to the previous questioner: Communism is a political doctrine as valid and worthy of contemplation as capitalism, and it isn't necessarily a totalitarian government, therefore it should not be grouped with fascism and Nazism, both of which were based on discrimination and prejudice. Communism was destroyed and brutalized by Stalin, who DID NOT in any way represent the communist ideology. Pre-Stalin Soviet Russia encouraged religious freedom and women's rights, none of which were even contemplated by Hitler's Germany or Mussolini' Italy. But clearly you didn't know that, so I suggest you inform yourself properly before asking such questions. As to Mussolini and Hitler...they were both master manipulators. Undoubtedly, they managed to transform the people's fears and needs of the time into complete psychosis through a complex yet simple system of propaganda and subliminal messages...plus, they were both crazy. I think the effect of their regimes in the world today are pretty evident. The Germans have never fully recovered socially, after all some German still get spit on and called "Nazi" still today even though they're not to blame for what their ancestors did... Italians, however, didn't suffer this fate, because most of the massacre was concentrated in Germany. Another consequence of the Holocaust is that the world is over 11 million people shorter than it was before Hitler's insane massacre... Well, manipulation is a method that all successful politicians should master, and it isn't necessarily a bad thing, as long as it is used for good (which it rarely is). And as to ideologies, I follow the political left, and everything else is relative and subjective. |
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What is the difference between I have a question and its hard
to find answers for .. What
are the Actual differences
between Totalitarian and
Democratic government in
Australia??
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In a totalitarian government, there is one party rule, one government, no elections, no submitting and conforming politicians ambitions to try to win public favour, no fair trials, no appeals when there is miscarriage of justice, no dissent, no free speach, no personal rights or liberties, and things like religion and philosophy are considered threat to the government's absolute control, and everyone has to suck up to the government, believe every bit of propaganda and false information they feed to the public. I imagine Australia has much better conditions than that, personal freedoms, government officials trying to please the public or else they won't get elected to power, freedom of speech and opinion, etc... |
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Why is Stalinist Russia I read that Stalin is
considered as a dictator, so
why is Stalinist Russia
considered a totalitarian
state instead of a
dictatorship?
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It's all the same thing. Some people could argue that Stalin wasn't a "dictator" because he did have a sort of Soviet "congress" - or The Soviet. But I don't imagine those old soviets had any real power - Stalin had all the power. |
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