Russia and other authoritarian countries have used theInternetto spread disinformation (seepropaganda) designed to widen political divisions within democratic countries and to undermine public faith and trust in democratic institutions. Arguably the most effective and consequential of such efforts was Russia...
2 of 2 Joseph Stalin Thecommunistandfascistdictators of the first half of the 20th century were distinctively different from theauthoritarianrulers of Latin America and postcolonial Africa and Asia.Adolf HitlerofNaziGermany andJoseph Stalinof theSoviet Unionare the primary examples oftotalitariandictators...
Democracy A democracy is a government that is administered according to the voice of the people. Democratic countries do not necessarily always regard everyone as people, however. For instance, the initial Constitution of the United States only allowed white, landowning males the right to vote....
The production of goods is meant to generate profit while benefiting everyone. 2. Which of the following is considered a collectivist political system? A dictatorship. A representative democracy. An authoritarian regime. A political democracy.
This is the first step of an authoritarian government taking control away from the people while still claiming that they were doing good. In the end when the conch is smashed and Piggy dies, democracy and freedom of speech truly dies on the island. Last, The Lord of the Flies, which is...
Democratic socialism has a vision of a society and economy that is democratic, not authoritarian, in which individuals have more of a say than large corporations in how the economy is run. It is committed to finding ways to transform an economy from capitalism to socialism. As thewebsiteof ...
Countries dependent on global trade or technology imports are especially vulnerable to embargoes. In contrast, determined authoritarian regimes have successfully resisted embargoes for decades, often at immense cost to living standards. U.S. Trade Embargoes ...
Both totalitarianism and authoritarianism depend on quashing all forms of individual freedom. However, their methods of doing so differ. Through largely passive techniques such as propaganda, authoritarian states work to win the blind, voluntary submission of their citizens. In contrast, totalitarian regi...
all governing and political power is vested in a single individual leader or small, elite group of individuals. The leader or leaders of an authoritarian state arenotchosen by the people, nor are they constitutionally responsible to the people. Authoritarian states rarely allow freedom of speech...
This was the case of two newspapers. Madrid in Spain and La Opini贸n in Argentina, whose battle against dictatorship eventually ended with their closing in 1971 and 1977, respectively. The two newspapers were symbols of resistance against the authoritarian regimes in their countries and became ...