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The societies haven't been threatened by much more than the totalitarian government itself. Now, its leaders were threatened by a number of things. Here are just a few examples: Freedom of speech has always been the number one threat, although most totalitarian "constitutions" state that this is one of its peoples' rights... Truth is, the punishment for saying or writing the wrong thing often takes one to a concentration camp. Bipartisan (or multi-) policy is another threat for the ruling party. Although there are "elections", they always end in 99.1% victory. There is simply no competition. To summarize - anything that even remotely resembles democracy (and that includes in some cases dressing like a westerner) is considered against the ideals of the ruling party, hence a crime.
Piercings have been in societies for as long as their have been societies. There is no real place that they originate.
Industrial societies refers to the societies living in the industrialization era while post industrial societies refer to societies living in areas that have already been developed.
A mother bear might attack a human if she feels her cubs have been threatened.
He turned Germany into a totalitarian state, caused WW II, and murdered millions of people, among other accomplishments. He is generally regarded as having been the most evil person in all of history.
If you have only been threatened with terminated, you cannot collect unemployment. If you have been fired, you can apply for unemployment benefits and they will determine if you are eligible for benefits.
A contract of lease cannot be broken if the tenant has been threatened by his neighbor unless the landlord permits. A tenant can talk the matter over with his landlord.
It has never been possible before in history. Today, totalitarianism is impossible.
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some societies have been a patriarchy.
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This custom is the result of the prevalence of patriarchal societies on this planet, in contrast to matriarchal societies. This is not to say that there are not any nor ever have been any matriarchal societies on this planet.