Totalitarianism

Stalin was a master of using fear, eliminating his competition, scapegoating, controlling education, creating an effective Propaganda machine, controlling the flow of information to the people, and killing any communist party members who opposed his regime. He believed that he was the the true communist leader and to carry out all of his policies, he had to be the USSR's dictator. No threat to his power was too small to liquidate. Within a few years after Lenin's death, Stalin created his totalitarian state.

Yes, it does.

Post-WW I Europe: The Rise of Totalitarian Governments I. The Treaty of Versailles, 1919 1.

Answer this question…To accept the control of the government over their lives

The problems that caused the rise of totalitarian government included mass revolutions from dissatisfied groups.

Because an utterly devastating military defeat.

No power is transferred, it is taken. A man comes along and he just takes power. Anyone in his way is dead or put in prison.

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.

Sure, people can vote any time there is an itty bitty box for black rocks an white rocks or an electronic Diebold machine that lets you punch a card or touch a screen. Bit if those votes aren't counted in a fair and democratic manner, you have a TOTALITARIAN GOVERNMENT. Boris Bazhanov's Memoirs of Stalin's Former Secretary (published in 1992 and only available in Russian, contains the following quote: "You know, comrades," says Stalin, "that I think in regard to this: I consider it completely unimportant who in the party will vote, or how; but what is extraordinarily important is this -- who will count the votes, and how."

Common features of totalitarian regimes can include several things. Some regimes involved a single ruler with aboslute power and control as the central authority in the nation. Others involve a nation that is governed by a ruler or small group of rulers (oligarchy) with a small administration. Common features of these regimes that common people have to deal with are limited if any freedoms or rights, such as freedom of speech, press, or religion for some examples. These regimes control nearly every aspect of public and private life.

The czar that turned Russia into a police state was Czar Alexander III.

Excellent question. First it should be said that tyrannies did not initially have the connotation they have today. Often, tyrannies were the reuslt of an aristocrat (Eupatridi = "well born one") seizing power from an oligarchy with the support of the poorer and more numerous citizens. This was certainly the case in Athens. Pisistratus (an Eupatridi and war hero) first established his tyranny in 561 BCE by claiming he needed a body guard. He quickly took his bodyguard and took over the polis. Now, Pisistratus was backed by the poor thetes who lived in the hills, and he was ousted by the more wealthy people of the plains and people of the shore. To make a long story short Pisistratus reestablished himself and ruled as a very popular tryant. His rule is generally considered enlightened and ushered in an age of prosperity for Athens....... So why is a Tyranny bad? 1. A tyranny is by definition dependent on the abilities of one person - if that person is enlightened, is is good for the state but if that person is, well..... tyrannical things can get ugly. A great example: When pisistratus died his sons, Hippias and Hipparchus, took over the tyranny. Hipparchus was murdered by the angry lovers Harmodious and Aristogeiton, (it is a long, but interesting story) and Hipparchus became insanely worried that his power was in jeopardy.... This leads us to the second problem with tyranny. 2. A tyrant nessicarily must be concered with the maintance of his power over the needs of the state. In other words a tyrant is primarilly concered with his power and puts the needs of the state secondly. Sometimes these needs coincide - often they do not. 3. Another significant problem with tryanny needs to be understood in its historical context. In Ancient Greece (and indeed most of history), no distinction was made between church and state. This becomes important when we see the feeling of pride the Athenians had in their sacred institution of democracy. This pride and overall high morale led to better warriors, and more content citizens. At the same time, while the citizens could be happy with a tryanny for a while it quickly become oppressive..... why? 4. While a tyranny can be good with respect to the fact that they generally must initially be supported by the people, once a tyrant is in power, he, or his scion, need no nessicarily appease the people. This also makes a tryanny an inherently unstable form of government. 5. Finally, a tyranny is difficult to defend on ethical grounds. Many would agree that a government should rule with the consent of the governed. An arguemnt could be made that the ends justify the means, but a tyranny is just not an effective longtern form of government. What a tyranny was good for was to aid the transition from oligarchy to democracy. After Hippais was removed by the Spartain king Cleomenes and the exhiled Alchmaeonid family, Cleisthenes came to power and essentially laid the framework for Athenian democracy. The tyrannic behaviour of Hippias gave the Athenians a deep hatred for tyranny and paved the way for its connotations today. Also be carefull to distiguish a tyranny from a totalitarian government. The ancients did not have the political mechanisms or technology to implemet a totalitarian government.

The specific answer depends on the nature of scenario, but, generally speaking, totalitarianism is exemplified by an obtrusive government that takes an active interest in every action a person performs. So, any action in a scenario where the government is persistently monitoring citizens, jailing political dissidents for "thought-crimes" or without evidence, or using strongly coercive techniques to enforce laws and government decisions.

Simply because there are fewer impediments to passing laws

The Soviet Union was the largest totalitarian country in the 1930's. Joseph Stalin was the supreme head of the country, with total control of the country.

Because of his dictatorial powers plus his paranoia, he purged the military, executing most of the General Staff and senior officers in the 1930's. He also forcefully relocated millions of Russians onto collective farms and he murdered millions of Kulucks, which were farmers and were fiercely independent. He also established a vast network of concentration camps, called gulags, in the far east. Millions more died as a result.

desperate poverty the Depression created

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.

By founding and controlling the Italian Fascist Movment. He then marched on Rome and become Prime Minister where he then announced himself Dictator. By founding and controlling the Italian Fascist Movment. He then marched on Rome and become Prime Minister where he then announced himself Dictator.

· An official ideology to which general adherence was demanded, the ideology intended to achieve a 'perfect final stage of mankind'.

· A single mass party, hierarchically organised, closely interwoven with the state bureaucracy and typically led by one man.

· Monopolistic control of the armed forces.

· A similar monopoly of the means of effective mass communication.

· A system of terroristic police control.

· Central control and direction of the entire economy.

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It isn't transferred. Whoever had enough power took it.

Many countries needed the military's help to recover after World War I which led to the rise of totalitarian regimes. The Great Depression left countries vulnerable to dictators. Many Europeans lost faith in their democratic governments. The Great Depression led countries to support new leaders, some of whom were totalitarians.