Totalitarianism: Fascism and Fascist Totalitarian Dictator
The word totalitarianism was first used by the Italian philosopher, Giovanni Gentile to describe a socio-political system (Pleuger). Totalitarianism is a form of government in which all of society resources are monopolized by the state, entering all aspects of public and private life, through the states use of propaganda, terror, and technology(Grobman). Totalitarian societies are very distinct, organized, and controlled usually by one man who directs the whole economy and unities it under a single belief. Totalitarian societies seek to establish complete political, social, and cultural control. There are many types of Totalitarian governments that can be seen through political history. The most common forms of Totalitarianism are Nazism and Fascism which are “right wing” and Communism that is “left wing” and are usually led by charismatic and strong figure heads. Left wing types of Totalitarian governments are individuals and groups who desire to reform or overthrow the established order and advocate change in the name of greater freedom or well-being of the common man. Right wing types of Totalitarian governments are the opposite and are individuals or groups who profess opposition to change in the established order and who favor traditional attitudes and practices, and who sometimes advocate the forced establishment of an authoritarian political order (Grobman). Totalitarianism spread throughout the European continent and created Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany, and the Communist Soviet Union or U.S.S.R in Russia that would forever change government and policies. Totalitarianism is form of government in which all societal resources are monopolized by the state in an effort to penetrate and control all aspects of public and private life, through the state's use of propaganda, terror, and technology. Fascism is a philosophy or system of government that advocates or exercises a dictatorship of the extreme right, typically through the merging of state and business