So that the pubic would not see reason to go against them and revolt.
So that the pubic would not see reason to go against them and revolt.
Dictatorships and totalitarian governments acquire power by making promises they feel the public needs to have. They use propaganda to present themselves as the only solution to a nation's deep seated problems. Once in power, they abolish all other parties and use terror to remain in power. The perfect example of this was the Nazi regime in Germany.
Historical examples of Totalitarian dictators and totalitarianism include Adolf Hitler of Germany, Joseph Stalin of Russia/Soviet Union. (It is known as the Soviet Union under communism) Another example is Mao from China and Benito Mussolini of Italy. Saddam Hussein can also be an example of a totalitarian dictator. Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini show up during the uprising of World War II. Examples/Characteristics of a totalitarianism regime are that the government is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state. Also, totalitarian dictators tend to have a "cult of personality and where the leader usually rules with fear.
The ignorant public in "Animal Farm" was the uninformed public. They were considered ignorant because of the totalitarian leaders keeping them in the dark and them believing everything they said.
A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public adoration and capable of interceding for people on earth.
A person officially recognized, especially by canonization, as being entitled to public adoration and capable of interceding for people on earth.
It is a form of government in which the leaders use complete power over nearly every aspect of human affairs. Authoritarianism and totalitarianism are alike because both are dictatorships, but totalitarian government is more extreme.
Regulation of every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.
A government that exerts total control over a nation is called a totalitarian regime. In such a system, the government typically regulates every aspect of public and private life, including political, social, economic, and cultural activities, often using tactics like censorship, propaganda, and repression to maintain power. Totalitarian regimes are characterized by limited individual freedoms and a lack of political pluralism.
Totalitarianism is used to describe a political philosophy that is collectivist in the extreme. Totalitarianism isn't a political philosophy in and of itself, it's more an attribute of political philosophies such as Marxism and Fascism. In a totalitarian state, individuals, families and civil society (unions, religious groups, educational institutions, hospitals etc) only have value in service and in relation to the state. In many cases the totalitarian state that will create and maintain the institutions of civil society and it will not permit any outside its control. These institutions are controlled usually through membership in the ruling party whose totalitarian philosophy directs the state. Individuals in such a state are taught to understand their lives in terms of their belonging and contributing to the state which demands their complete and ultimate loyalty. North Korea is a good example of a totalitarian state, as are most Marxist countries. Nazi Germany was also a totalitarian state. Totalitarian states are typically violent and brutal, with little in the way of freedom and human rights. A dictatorship on the other hand is rule by one person. In effect, the will of one person becomes law in a state. A state can be both totalitarian and a dictatorship and often is. North Korea is perhaps an example of this. But dictators aren't always totalitarians. They may not have any particular political philosophy. They just don't want anyone contesting their power.
Totalitarian States: A Totalitarian State is one in which all aspects of life and society, both public and private, are controlled by the dictator, meaning that there are no personal freedoms. The power is concentrated into the leader and the bureaucracy of agencies that are loyal to him, such as the army, the secret police, propaganda ministries, education ministries, and other exertions of control. Any legislatures or courts are sublimated to the will of the totalitarian leaders as are all forms of speech and communication. Both Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were considered totalitarian states.
Members of parliament have to stand for election at legally specified intervals (generally 4 or 5 years) and the general public has the opportunity to vote against any member of parliament whom they do not want to continue in office, and to elect someone else. Dictators do not have honest elections (sometimes they do have rigged elections, in which they get to count the votes themselves) and they can rule until they either die, or are overthrown by force. In theory dictators can also choose to retire, although this virtually never happens. Parliamentary government and dictatorship are both capable of ruling badly or ruling well, but dictators do not respect human rights to the extent that a parliamentary government normally does.