Assess The Difference Between Totalitarianism And Mussolini's Totalitarian Italy
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Totalitarianism and Mussolini's Totalitarian Italy
Totalitarianism and dictatorship are two concepts that confuse people because they are often used under the same contexts. However, such a case is not true. There is a wide difference between dictatorship and pure totalitarianism. Totalitarianism encompasses all the social concepts of life. It was first introduced by the Weimar Jurists of German in the 1920s. Carl Schmitt and some other German Fascists later adopted the concept. During his time, Carl coined the world Totalstaat to refer to an all-powerful state in his legal frameworks. The term was then adopted by Giovanni Gentile- a German philosopher (Bigelow, et al). By definition, the concept of totalitarianism …show more content…
Firstly, it is just an ideology or an orientation characterizing the thinking of a group of individuals or country. Secondly, it is full of anarchy because the whole political system is subject to a single individual. Thirdly, there is a monopolistic control of the system’s armed forces. Fourthly, it is made up of a single political party due to monarchy (Bigelow, et al). Fifthly, the system’s control is terroristic. It is controlled by secret police units that repetitively use force to deter citizen’s disobedience and make sure that they align their interests with that of the …show more content…
He upheld absolute power and used propaganda and the media to trick and control people. He also used secret police units and the Black shirt bandits to threaten people (Atkinson 14). This deprived them off their freedom and served to enslave them. However, his totalism ideology had a positive hidden impact on Italy. This is because his regime oversaw Italy transform from a respected, second-tier state to a modernized nation with great power affectations. Apologists debate that Mussolini was an active leader due the inept liberal government he replaced, Italy’s legacy of class division that he created and the hard economic times that the relatively poor country experienced during the period between the wars. Therefore, even though totalitarianism is a bad regime, it actually contributed a lot in the development of Italy because it initiated a myriad of factors that helped develop Italy into the powerful state it is
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Totalitarianism and Mussolini's Totalitarian Italy
Totalitarianism and dictatorship are two concepts that confuse people because they are often used under the same contexts. However, such a case is not true. There is a wide difference between dictatorship and pure totalitarianism. Totalitarianism encompasses all the social concepts of life. It was first introduced by the Weimar Jurists of German in the 1920s. Carl Schmitt and some other German Fascists later adopted the concept. During his time, Carl coined the world Totalstaat to refer to an all-powerful state in his legal frameworks. The term was then adopted by Giovanni Gentile- a German philosopher (Bigelow, et al). By definition, the concept of totalitarianism …show more content…
Firstly, it is just an ideology or an orientation characterizing the thinking of a group of individuals or country. Secondly, it is full of anarchy because the whole political system is subject to a single individual. Thirdly, there is a monopolistic control of the system’s armed forces. Fourthly, it is made up of a single political party due to monarchy (Bigelow, et al). Fifthly, the system’s control is terroristic. It is controlled by secret police units that repetitively use force to deter citizen’s disobedience and make sure that they align their interests with that of the …show more content…
He upheld absolute power and used propaganda and the media to trick and control people. He also used secret police units and the Black shirt bandits to threaten people (Atkinson 14). This deprived them off their freedom and served to enslave them. However, his totalism ideology had a positive hidden impact on Italy. This is because his regime oversaw Italy transform from a respected, second-tier state to a modernized nation with great power affectations. Apologists debate that Mussolini was an active leader due the inept liberal government he replaced, Italy’s legacy of class division that he created and the hard economic times that the relatively poor country experienced during the period between the wars. Therefore, even though totalitarianism is a bad regime, it actually contributed a lot in the development of Italy because it initiated a myriad of factors that helped develop Italy into the powerful state it is