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CHARACTERISTICS OF A TOTALITARIAN STATE  Adolf Hitler (Germany)
1. ruled by single party dictatorship
2. has an ideology (set of beliefs) for people to follow
3. state comes before individual; citizens expected to obey
& individual rights mean little
4. censorship of media
5. extremely nationalistic
6. dynamic leader (viewed as father-figure or god-like)
7. secret police/military terror used to silence critics
8. indoctrination & propaganda  use technology to reach the masses