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Totalitarian Government
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Why did people support Totalitarian Governments?
- Promised a strong, stable government
- Ended political feuding
- Fascism-intense nationalism
- Fixed economic problems
Fascism vs Communism
Differences
- Fascists found allies among upper class
- Communists won support of working class
Similarities
- Promoted extreme programs of social change
- Party leaders claim to rule in the name of national interests
- Both control all aspects of people’s lives
Stalin - USSR
Features of a Totalitarian State
- Do you believe Stalin was a totalitarian?
- Single-Party dictatorship
- State control of economy
- Police spies and state terrorism
- Strict censorship and control of media
- Use of schools and media to indoctrinate and mobilize citizens
- Unquestioning obedience to a single ruler
Mussolini Italy
- Fascist-hated communists
- Defined as any authoritarian gov’t other than communist
- Found allies among business leaders and wealthy landowners
- Glorified action, violence, discipline, loyalty to state
- Anti-democratic-felt democracy led to greed, corruption, and weakness
Hitler - Germany
- Hitler organized brutal reign of terror
- Many Germans supported Hitler for ending unemployment and regaining power
- Citizens standard of living rose
- Nazis controlled all areas of life from religion to schools
- Secret Police rooted out opposition