... governments are theoretically based on citizens working together for common goals, in replacement of individual, selfish goals emphasized with in a democratic system of government. The novel Animal Farm, by George Orwell, is a satire portraying the dangers of any totalitarian government. It seeks to show how a society where all people live completely equal has not been, and cannot ever be achieved. Orwell is ... does not realize that animals too have feelings. He is a dictator, and under his horrible rule the animals were treated dreadfully, and they definitely felt the repercussions of...

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... hollow. We shall squeeze you empty and then we shall fill you with ourselves" (Orwell 200). O'Brien represents the essence of communist or totalitarian rule. He makes his victims suffer by brainwashing them in order to control them. O'Brien also tells Winston how he should feel about Big ... of lying any longer since it has succeeded in abrogating the very idea of truth (Kolakowski 127). These control methods were used by totalitarian nations who wanted to control their citizens in Europe during and after World War II. The many different ministries are paradox to the "real ... guards in...

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... beliefs of the sole political party in the USSR. In fact, no Russian citizen could leave the country without special government permission. It was a true totalitarian regime because of the lack of labor union and lack of free speech or press. He furthered Lenin's work by ... USSR was his purges and deportations. Due to his violent and somewhat maniacal nature, the Russian population lived in constant terror of their government. In a totalitarian regime, there can be no differing ideologies or political opponents, so Stalin would execute any anyone who would oppose his reign, as ... sam...

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... or leadership. This has been clearly impossible for society. Each step to achieving a communist society has always been a step towards becoming a totalitarian society like past and current communist countries. Communism became popular in under-developed countries, which is opposite to what Marx believed, and its ... teamwork cannot exist in a communist state. The ultimate ideal of communism believes that after a while, the system will run so smoothly that government is no longer needed. The new state, controlled by the working class, would overpower the former bourgeoisie until it disap...

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... Orwell in 1949, the exact year the Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb. It was written to warn the world of the dangers of totalitarian regimes. In 1939, he traveled to Spain to report on the Spanish Civil War, where he witnessed firsthand the atrocities committed by fascist politics. ... The rise to power of dictators such as Adolf Hitler in Germany and Joseph Stalin in the Soviet inspired Orwell's mounting hatred towards totalitarian and political authority. He in turn devoted his energy to writing such novels as Animal Farm as well as 1984. The basis of this novel is ... was ...

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... used to inflict terror on the Russian population to suppress opposition and preserve autocracy. Anti-communist historian Richard Pipesi highlights the success in the Bolsheviks using terror 1918 to preserve a totalitarian dictatorship Bolsheviks ' were successful in using terror to preserve power during their time in power, simply because apart from terror they only had popular support'. This quote shows the way ... the Tsars. The imperial system appeared more concerned with making the Russian people content than preserving autocracy. Numerous reforms were put into place after terrorist a...

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... in the 1920's and how did this effect individuals and groups in the USSR? Describe Stalin's leadership of the USSR between 1928 and 1933. Stalin was a totalitarian dictator, who had no regard or compassion to the suffering of others at his own hands. He manipulated other members of the Politburo, and supported no cause ... of a massive famine, in which 5 million people starved to death. Some peasants were deported to regions such as Siberia, taken as prisoners, or murdered by government officials. Workers in the towns and cities were offered employment in the multiple factories built wit...

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... paying taxes. This caused great discontent amongst the masses. There was a very obvious need for tax reform. The inefficiency of only taxing the lower estates showed in the government's budget. Due to over ambitious wars and extravagant spending on courts, Louis XVI and his predecessor had successfully bankrupted France. The Seven Years War economically drained the country and ... protest rallies, the police were ineffective. They could not control the increasingly volatile situation. The disturbances Russia experienced over the next five days were unprecedented and soon a Provisional Go...

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... of Lenin came with the emergence of Josef Stalin towards the top of the Soviet political. Stalin ruled with aniron fist?, a style of totalitarian rule that was unmatched by any Soviet ruler either before or after him. Stalin enacted hisrevolution from above? during his term, which aimed to ... state, economy, society and culture that are so paramount in the Marxist-Leninist ideology. However, because Stalin's actions were so radical in their totalitarian nature, any changes that Khrushchev made seemed monumental at the time. Later came the Brezhnev years, which took a turn more towards ...

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... non-workers, giving many the choice of work or starvation . Weather On October 2nd 1941 German troops marched on Moscow, with only 90,000 Russian soldiers defending the capital, the government was preparing to evacuate. Suddenly, the weather turned, unrelenting autumn rains gave way to blistering snow squalls, absorbing the impetus of their offensive . Believing they would quickly topple Russia, ... Germans hands, whilst allowing Russia to rapidly rebuild its armaments economy. It was further aided by the release of one million workers from the Gulags. In this chaotic time Stalin's tota...

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... Union). In 1991 the USSR broke apart and Russia became an independent country. The USSR had a totalitarian political system in which the Communist Party leaders controlled all aspects of the government. The state used to own all the land, companies, and the government controlled production of goods and other aspects of the economy. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, ... assumed all the USSR's foreign debts, Russia called for a meeting with its foreign creditors to reschedule the payments. Russia eventually reached a long-term repayment agreement with a group of government creditors...

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... Iran. President Truman then made a rather offensive statement to the Soviet Union claiming them to be just like Hitler's regime was, "There isn't any difference between the totalitarian Russian government and the Hitler government they are all alike. They are police governments- police state governments" Such claims may be true, but the United States should have respected the diversity of politics. This ... 1949 they too had the nuclear capability to launch a weapon with the same devastating power. Much of this technology was retained through the use of western spies located with the go...

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... would have never been established and consolidated."1 Many would argue that the 1917 October revolution would have not succeeded had it not been for the weakness of the provisional government, or the Petrograd soviets assistance. Christopher Read puts forward the view that Lenin, although important, was not necessary for the revolution; "Being the focus of a movement is not the ... that where "collective farms had failed as efficient producers of agricultural goods they had succeeded as mobilizers of resources"[9] Instead of purchasing grain from 25 million farms, the government now was...

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... . Socialists believed that this would lead to a rebound of a "normal" democratic society. This didn't happen. Some reasons were that no one remembered the pre-Soviet past and that the totalitarian way had become a way of life. Russia is still making steps to become a "normal" democratic society. With the 1996 presidential elections the Russians closed the gap a little more. It ... the centrists were "favorable" to the oligarchs. However, Yeltsin's re-election was heavily supported by Clinton and he supported large loans to Russia. The United States and Germany lent Yeltsin's government a ...

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... commissars were procured to take charge of the Petrograd army units. Thus the complete allegiance of the Petrograd troops was secured. On October 25, the Winter Palace, where the Provisional Government was in session under armed protection, was attacked by the Red Guards. All the ministers were arrested and killed. Since the October revolution was a deliberately planned coup d'é ... . In its place a Republic was established. The Revolution threw a challenge to the values of western culture, the fundamental principles of trade and industry, the well-established systems of government, the ...

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... After Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin came to power and effectively he ruled as a totalitarian dictator. Stalin controlled most of the political power in Russia and began a series of purges to remove all non-Communists from office. These purges would later spread all throughout the government and into the public. Millions were harassed, arrested or simply killed. Under Stalin, all ... turning point in the Communist rule in Russia. Gorbachev is made General Secretary and he begins a program called "perestroika."" This was the organizational restructuring of the Soviet economy and government...

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... which the strategy was implemented holds considerable interest because of the combination of deception, surgically employed force, and a sort of sham legality would later be a prototype that many a totalitarian regimes would emulate in the future. The Bolsheviks' plans were elaborate and cautiously strung together planned for a time of chaos when they could seize power most effortlessly. In middle October ... the Provisional Government, established an army for the defense of Petrograd in case of German invasion. During this time, the Bolsheviks in conjunction with the Soviet (the popula...

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... them to live the way it wanted them to live. Communism in no way can compete with other political ideas such as the Islamic political government, which survived, and flourished, and ruled almost a third of the world for thirteen hundred years, and capitalism, which is the ruling political ... spirit of unselfishness, cooperation, and fellowship (Ebenstein William 37). Although communists believe in a classless society and that everyone is considered equal, they allow for totalitarian governments, in which the difference in classes is clearly seen. As it was stated on the subject "In theor...

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... indicated in this message, I shall not hesitate to bring the situation before the Congress. On this subject the Executive and Legislative branches of the Government must work together. This is a serious course upon which we embark. I would not recommend it except that the alternative is much more serious. ... this investment. It is only common sense that we should safeguard this investment and make sure that it was not in vain. The seeds of totalitarian regimes are nurtured by misery and want. They spread and grow in the evil soil of poverty and strife. They reach their full growth ... I...

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... Lenin, Stalin implemented his attack on power, which he hoped would result in him becoming the ultimate leader. His regime was utterly ruthless and therefore the most efficient of the totalitarian dictatorships. He unleashed a flood of coercion and terror that was unprecedented and unparalleled. The sheer efficiency of this control could easily stamp out any move of meaning opposition to him ... education jumped and adult literacy levels drastically improved. The school curriculum was dosed with ideological instruction and as one teacher identified, here was also a hidden curriculum been ...

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... of the Soviet Communist Party. The reforms initiated by Lenin were continued and enhanced at the benefit of the state and in time became completely totalitarian. Here is where we see a parallel of Stalin to that of a Tsar and the amount of power he controlled. Like that of ... not only on the union level but also in the republics. The governmental structure became so very large because aside from the tasks that any government had, it also controlled the entire economy of the nation. Each small branch of the economy had its own ministry, sometimes several ministries." ... the Tsars had yet...

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... , and handed them over to be sent to the Soviet Union, after he had denied doing so. The United States supported Chinese Nationalist government of Chiang Kai-shek, could not withstand the advance of Communist forces under Mao Zedong. Government troops had been devastatingly defeated, and Chiang led his forces into exile on Taiwan. Mao then formed thePeople's Republic of China. It ... convinced Congress to pass the McCarran Act, which forced the registration of all Communist organizations, allowed the government to intern Communists during any national emergencies and prohibited Communist...

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... be one of the primary reasons why Roosevelt would allow Pearl Harbor to occur. President Roosevelt's January 4, 1939, message to Congress emphasized the threat that the growing strength of the totalitarian nations posed to world peace. In March 1939, the Spanish Republic fell to the Fascist forces, and Germany moved into Czechoslovakia, claiming disorder in that country threatened German nationals. ... Civil Service Commission, responsible for administering the Hatch act, interpreted Section 9A, which prohibited federal employees from being members of a party that advocated "the overthr...

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... lead to a dystopian world but there would always be someone rebelling. The Soviet Union is only one example of the horrific incidents that have taken place due to collectivism and a totalitarian regime. Rwandan Genocide, the Westboro Baptist Church, and Nazi Germany are other examples from sundry timelines that demonstrate the hazards of individual conceptions being abolished from a population. The first example ... that everyone must have an identity card that labeled the Rwandans either Hutu or Tutsi, the Hutu's made up much more of the population, they had full control over the gover...

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... to protect its own interests as well as those of its allies. President Truman took the first steps in this direction in 1947 with the Truman Doctrine, which declared that "totalitarian regimes imposed on free peoples, by direct or indirect aggression, undermine the foundations of international peace and hence the security of the United States."" This initiated the American policy of ... aim of overthrowing the communist regime led by Fidel Castro. During the Carter administration, aid was secretly given to rebels in Afghanistan to help them overthrow the Soviet-influenced communist gove...

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