What is a Communist Totalitarian?

Answer 1

A communist government is a social systemcharacterized by the absence of social classes, and is completely Socialist, thus having poor quality health care for it's citizens. Socialism is basically when the Government starts to take over and control big businesses and the health care industry. Socialism is the material base for communism. The communist government has failed every where it was tried but is still used in some countries, China for example. Totalitarianism is when there is one person in charge of a country (dictator) and they rule with complete power over the country. so basically totalitarian communism is a badly run government system that can't provide for it's citizens and has one person in charge of the entire countries operations whether the citizens like it or not. and is completely irreversible unless the person in charge wants to go through the hassle of reversing it, which has never and will never happen. The totalitarian leader serves a term of however long he or she wants and can appoint the next person in charge without any election.

Answer 2

No. The term "totalitarian" describes a style of governance, not a method of governance, which is what Communism describes.

Totalitarian describes any method of governance where the government severely restricts civil liberties by creating an expansive and repressive system that continually spies on the activities of its citizens. However, there are many ways to do this. Nazi Fascism requires a weak judiciary and legislature, but a strong executive vested with complete military powers. Iranian Shiite Islamism requires a strong judiciary that can overrule and guide a weak legislature and a weak executive. Communism has no independent executive since the executive folds into the Politburo or Party Leadership Committee, which often serves as a de facto legislature.

Therefore, while Communist Governments are a method of totalitarian governance, totalitarianism is defined extrinsic to communism.

If you mean to ask the reverse question, i.e. Is Communism a totalitarian ideology? then please see the Related Question below.

Answer 3

There is no such thing. Communism is a system with no classes or government, where production takes place to meet human need and there is true democratic control of society.

Answer 4

Totalitarianism is the total control of government over every aspect of a person's life. The government owns all businesses and tells people where they will work, how they dress, etc.