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 regimes employ extreme measures such as secret police forces and imprisonment to control the ...
The emergence of communism and the rise of communist nations in the 20th century impacted global affairs so significantly that nuclear war almost broke out. In fact, the Cold War that consumed much of the world after WWII was primarily a conflict between capitalist nations and communist nations,...
Fascism advocates for a totalitarian state, aiming for the unity of the nation under a single leader. Fascist regimes idolize their leaders, viewing them as symbols of national strength. 6 Monarchy Monarchy can be absolute or constitutional, depending on the laws and traditions of the country. In...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied, “Yes, I do.” She subsequently called him the same thing herself, saying voters don’t want “a president of the United States who admires dictators a...
Totalitarian Regimes in Europe & Asia Mussolini & Hitler believed in fascism: the idea that nations need strong dictators, total authority by one party, but that people can keep private property Stalin was a Communist believed that the government should control all property & business ...
The second tendency reflects the transition of Chinese politics from a focus on (economic) development to governance. While economic development and rising income achieved through industrialization was the key element of the China story up until just recently, the challenge and objective of the state...
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris was asked this week if she thought Donald Trump was a fascist, and she replied, “Yes, I do.” She subsequently called him the same thing herself, saying voters don't want “a president of the United States
It has succeeded in keeping the space frontier closed to all of Mankind except a totalitarian state elite few dozens over sixty years. Also, the Moon and Mars offer the eight billion nothing more than cul-de-sacs! Manmade in-space spin-gravity surface stations, colony-Arks, farms, dozens,...
In relating the story of his peripatetic life, continually leaving everything behind as he fled totalitarian regimes, he said, “My life was already unconsciously accommodating itself to the temporary rather than to the permanent.” So true, I thought. My struggles do not compare to his, but ...
Aside from a minority of truly convinced supporters of totalitarian societies and leadership, most of our adversaries got their opinions on Syria based on what we can even consider as “shared values”. Indeed, while it feels impossible that those defending the Assad regime’s crimes, its ...