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Characteristics of a Totalitarian State.

Characteristics of a Totalitarian State. Dictator . One person, the dictator, rules the state with absolute power . Dictator is the source of law and national policy Dictator’s power is not derived from democratic elections and is unrestricted by law or by a consultative parliament.

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Characteristics of a Totalitarian State.

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  1. Characteristics of a Totalitarian State.

  2. Dictator • One person, the dictator, rules the state with absolute power. • Dictator is the source of law and national policy • Dictator’s power is not derived from democratic elections and is unrestricted by law or by a consultative parliament.

  3. One-Party Rule • Dictator is head of a privileged ruling party, whose members hold all posts in the Government • All other parties are Illegal. • Elections may be held, but only ruling party candidates are allowed to stand and results may be rigged.

  4. Primacy of the State • Rights of the individual are considered to be less important than aims of government policy. • It is considered to be the duty of the individual to serve the state.

  5. Economic Control • State control of the whole economy or important elements of the economy

  6. Secret Police • Extensive network of secret police and informants persecutes opponents of the regime • Torture, imprisonment without trial, and murder are carried out by the secret police to create fear among the public and discourage dissent.

  7. Censorship • All media content is checked by the ruling party before broadcast or publication • Negative stories about state policy or the ruling party are suppressed; positive stories are exaggerated • Artists whose work is considered to be undesirable are banned • All foreign cultural influences are suppressed.

  8. Propaganda • Ruling party presents the dictator and state policy in positive terms through party-controlled newspapers, radio stations, films and other publications. • Opponents of the regime are presented in negative and derogatory terms.

  9. Germany • Leader • Adolf Hitler, der Fuhrer (the leader); ruled: 1933 – 1945 • Mein Kampf (My Struggle) • Secret police • GeheimeStaatspolizei (Secret state police) or Gestapo • Schutzstaffel – the SS • Party Symbol • Swastika, symbol of the National Socialist German workers’ Party (NSDAP or Nazi Party).

  10. Italy • Leader • Benito Mussolini, Il Duce (the leader); ruled 1922 – 1943. • Secret Police • Ovra • Party Symbol • Fasces, symbol of the Fascist Party. • Fascism – a political movement that promotes an extreme form of nationalism with a Dictorial one party rule.

  11. Soviet Union • Leader • Joseph Stalin; Soviet leader (1924 – 1953) and dictator (1929 – 1953) • Command Economy – a system in which the government makes all the decisions. • Secret Police • Cheka, replaced by NarodnyKomissariatVnutrennikh Del (NKVD) – The Peoples Comissarial of Internal Affairs • “Great Purge” • Party Symbol • Red Star, symbol of the Russian communist Party (bolsheviks).

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