A political system that prohibits opposition parties, individual and group opposition to the state, and exercises an extremely high degree of control over public and private life. It is the most extreme form of authoritarianism.
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Does wartime strengthen a totalitarian leader's power?
I remember in Orwell's 1984 it was suggested that constant war was used to benefit the regime in charge. Is this a realistic concept? Does wartime really improve the position of a totalitarian leader / dictator politically? Why or why not and in…
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