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TOTALITARIAN DICTATORS
Totalitarianism
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A country headed by a DICTATOR (one person)
One POLITICAL PARTY rules
Individuals have little power, freedom or rights.
The government CONTROLS ALL ASPECTS of
life including religion, speech, media and art
No individual privacy or freedom
Totalitarian dictators came to power after WW I.
The idea came from TOTAL WAR when all
citizens worked for the war effort
The power is centralized and controlled by the
state
1. The leader
 Dynamic, charismatic leader
–Stalin, Mussolini, Hitler
 “God-like” – invincible
 Cult of personality
–Near worship of a political leader
2. Justification of Power
 The “will of the people”
 Unquestioning, uncritical support of
people
 Had to persuade or force people
into accepting goals of the leader
3. Terror
 Use of intimidation and terror
 Violence or threat of violence to
ensure obedience
 Those who resist “enemies of the
people”
 Eliminate the enemy at any cost
4. Propaganda
 Goal – give people biased or incomplete
info to sway them emotionally to accept
beliefs or actions of leader
 Mass Media – state controlled
– Newspapers, magazines, books, radio,
movies
– Large audience – reinforces ideology
FASCIST
TOTALITARIAN
Hitler
Germany- Fascist/ Nazi Totalitarian
Hitler
Germany- Fascist/ Nazi Totalitarian
Benito Mussolini
Italy -Fascist Totalitarian
Francisco Franco
Spain -Fascist Totalitarian
FASCIST TOTALITARIAN
 Extreme Nationalism
 Want to expand and have a big military
 **Protect private property but control
production
 Force is used against any opposition
 Fascists hate communists and
democracies.
 They only allow one political party
COMMUNIST
TOTALITARIAN
Joseph Stalin
USSR -Communist Totalitarian
Joseph
Stalin
USSR Communist
Totalitarian
COMMUNIST TOTALITARIAN
 Extreme Nationalism
 Want to expand and have a large military
 **Property is state owned (no private
ownership) and production controlled by
state
 Any opposition is crushed
 They only allow a one party system
 Fear fascist dictators