Totalitarianism: Informative-Analyzing Both Sides

The people who think totalitarianism is the right thing to control people by are the people in charge. They know that no one will retaliate because they have so much power over all of the people. This is good because in their minds everything they do is the best for the country. Leaders can put so much control over the people that they can’t even speak to people out of the country. Then as a result they stay separate from the world and don’t receive any backlash from other countries. They run the people’s lives and they choose their religion, social class, what they can say, and all other areas of their life they are helping to make the perfect county. Totalitarian governments are usually very good in the field of science because they will perform experiments that other countries wouldn’t try. Totalitarian government is good because under the strict rules leaders can maintain total control over all the people.

                This can relate back to the holocaust. Germany was under Hitler’s totalitarian rule. Then as a result Jews and other religions were killed for their belief. Under a totalitarianism government they brainwash the citizens of the country using all kinds of propaganda. When they start teaching them to follow the government from early childhood all through their adult life they don’t know how the rest of the world functions. The leaders put many major punishments on the people if they attempt to go against the government so the people won’t rebel. The government is set up very well and has many ways to keep the people loyal to it. The government is very outspoken and makes everyone follow their ways, but very secretive about the things that would make them look bad if others knew about it. An example of this would be the concentration camps in North Korea, or government regimes. 

In a totalitarian government leaders almost always take it to extremes. They have to take it to inhumane levels such as concentration camps, secret police, and other unsuspecting ways to keep the people loyal to the government. Under their sever rule people are taught about how good their government is, and this isn’t good because they never get educated about the outside world. Totalitarian government is forceful, strict, and overpowering to the people in its rule. Most people under its rule aren’t connected with the internet, computers, or any other devices that would allow them to reach outside their country. This type of rule isn’t for the benefit of the people, but rather for the fame and fortune of their ruler. This type of government still happens today, and not many people know about it. People are put into camps, and forced to live there for life is caught saying anything about the government in North Korea. This is happening right now as you read this paper, and no one is doing enough to stop them.

        

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