Fascism and Totalitarianism There are many contemporary forms of government such as democracy, dictatorship, authoritarianism, totalitarianism, fascism etc. Every form of government has its own importance and values. All of them have different characteristics and terms and we can see many different examples of every different form of government throughout the world. The two forms discussed below are fascism and totalitarianism. In history we can find the two ideology-based authoritarian systems that are totalitarianism and fascism in their pure forms. Nowadays they cannot be found in pure forms. They can be found as conjunction or mixture of other political ideologies. About both these forms it is said, …show more content…
No one can criticize the state. 4. Secret police forces are developed. 5. Media is censored to a high level. 6. Dictators rule through force and fear. Differences between totalitarianism and fascism: 1. Totalitarianism is about simple power whereas in fascism everything is done for preserving notion’s integrity. 2. Totalitarian states give equal importance to military and economic planning while fascist state gives more importance to military planning than economic. 3. Totalitarianism holds the authoritative power throughout the state while fascism beholds a great power to control any anti-regime activity. Examples of Totalitarianism: 1. Joseph Stalin’s Soviet Union: From 1929 to 1953, Stalin ruled Soviet Union. After the Civil War ended, Stalin took over the country and started to rule by force. Initially Soviet Union was a nation of low level farmers but in his time period it became a powerful government of strong military and industrial strength. However, due to his brutal actions towards people killed many of them. 2. Mao in China: Mao’s rule is another example of totalitarianism. He established People’s Republic of China and ruled on the concepts of totalitarianism from 1949 to …show more content…
He is considered to be the best example of a fascist leader. After World War I he took control over Germany. He aimed to restore the “Aryan Race”. He imprisoned those who he thought were not from this race. Nazis targeted the Jews and killed them brutally. Many people were forced to work under Nazis’ commands. He believed that Germany would win World War II if he could establish dictatorship and finish the Jews. Hitler was very harsh and rude towards his state. He totally eliminated opposition parties and forced people to obey Nazis’ commands. Racism was at its peak. He ruled from 1934 to