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    Totalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over the society and seeks to control all aspects of life. Totalitarian governments in the early 20th century had three traits, which involved: being ruled by a single ruler with unlimited power, they used violence in many situations, and the people of the country were not given political freedom. The totalitarian governments that existed around the time World War II began were Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy, the Empire

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    The definition of totalitarianism is “a form of government in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed” This definition precisely describes Napoleon’s regime in the book Animal Farm and the way he rules over the animals, preventing them from speaking freely or coming together in peaceful assembly. Fortunately, the constitution and the

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    Totalitarianism is the most radical denial of freedom. It describes a society with no rights and no control over one’s own thoughts or actions. According to the Online Oxford Dictionaries, totalitarianism is, “a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state” (https://en.oxforddictionaries.com). In other words, totalitarianism is a society controlled by a government, composed of a limited amount of people, with complete control over the population

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    To start it off, totalitarianism is when a government takes completely control over all aspects of the citizen’s life such as Hitler and Stalin for example. The dictators would use indoctrination against their own people so that they can still remain in power. All three leaders use the rise of power to help them compete against others and to help them get to where they are at as a government official. In document 4, it shows the rise of power where one is speaking out loud to a microphone

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    Totalitarianism Born out of war, totalitarianism has been around for a long time. Its destroyed countries mentally, physically, structurally, and left it in shambles. Totalitarian governments are meant for you to lose your humanity and become an emotionless entity that used to be alive. It corrupts and it kills. When exposed or under rule of a totalitarian subject, what happens is they first dominate and demonstrate their power. They will begin remove your voice, you’re thinking, your will. They

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    To start things off let's look at the differences between dictatorship and totalitarian control “Totalitarian regimes seek to establish complete political, social and cultural control.”(Nazi Fascism and the modern totalitarian state) and “dictatorships seek limited, typically political, control.”(Nazi Fascism and the modern totalitarian state). We can look at novel 1984 where Winston is a member of the outer party, this means that he is a regular person from the street. While he is under the reign

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    Count: 650 Totalitarianism Political parties and their systems are divisive methods used to turn us against one another, are they not? We pick sides and dismiss any other side. The most popular political parties are Republican and Democrat, but what about Totalitarian? Totalitarianism is a controlling system of government, but it is much unknown to people. It’s a powerful system and its history, users, impact, and current state should be known. For starters, the history of totalitarianism is interesting

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    (dictators and elite minorities) are opposed to individuals having any rights, thoughts, beliefs or freedoms that do not align with specific principles. The source given demonstrates Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski's ideological perspective on totalitarianism: “Totalitarianism begins with using the word “we” without every “I’s” permission”. The quote expresses that totalitarian governments are selfish and consider only themselves when making decisions. Supporting this idea is Jakub’s odd word choice specifically

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    Totalitarianism can most readily be described as a political system in which the state regulates nearly every aspect of public and private life. If one accepts this construct, the countries of Italy, Russia, and Germany are equally totalitarian in their aims and offer us some of the most remarkable examples of totalitarian regimes in modern history. Each of these states embraced a single party to control the state, utilized propaganda, instituted state control of economic resources, and regularly

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    it limits freedom and individuality in its citizens. The main goal of writing the novel 1984 was to warn the future generations of the dangers of totalitarian states and the threats it poses to society. George Orwell wanted to warn others of totalitarianism and the dangers that come with it because he went through both of the World Wars and saw what would happen to society if enemy forces took over. Orwell had socialist views and those opinions were portrayed thought out his novels (Philips, 77)

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