Transcript Totalitarianism

Totalitarianism
Key Traits
1. Form of government or state in which one political
party or group maintains complete control under a
dictatorship and bans all others.
2. Completely authoritarian, autocratic, dictatorial.
Webster’s Dictionary
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Ideology
State Control of Individual
Methods of Enforcement
Modern Technology
State Control of Society
Dictatorship
Dynamic Leader
1. Ideology
● Sets the goals of the state
● Glorifies aims of the state
● Justifies government action
2. State Control of Individual
● Demands loyalty
● Denies basic liberties
● Expects personal sacrifice for the good of
the state
3. Methods of Enforcement
● Police Terror
● Censorship
● Persecution
4. Modern Technology
● Mass Communication to spread propaganda
● Advanced military weapons
5. State Control of Society
● business, labor, housing, education, religion,
arts,
● personal life, youth groups
6. Dictatorship and One-party rule
● Exercises absolute authority
● Dominates government
7. Dynamic Leader
● Unites people
● Symbolizes government
● Encourages popular support through force of
will
Rise of Totalitarian Governments
● Russia - Socialism and Communism
o Vladimir Lenin (Bolsheviks)
o Joseph Stalin (Communist Soviet Union)
● Italy - Rise of Fascism in Italy
o Benito Mussolini
● Germany - Rise of the Nazi Party
o Adolf Hitler
Summary
● Types of Totalitarian governments.
o Socialism - People and government together.
o Communism - Form of socialism. Community
owned.
o Fascism - State over individual.
o Nazi - Extreme nationalism, racism, and antiSemitism
Totalitarianism Today
● Many authoritarian regimes
● Very few totalitarian governments
● In 2000, 5 Totalitarian regimes
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Afghanistan, Cuba, North Korea, Laos, Vietnam
Questions
1. How does a totalitarian state attempt to make citizens
obey its rules?
2. How would your life change if you lived in a totalitarian
state?
3. What are the two reasons why totalitarianism was able
to flourish?