An idea that was memorable in the lord of the flies was the idea of democracy vs dictator ship. This idea was memorable because it juxtaposes two contemporary governments: a democracy where a leader rules with the intention of helping others and a dictatorship where a leader rules with oppression‚ putting his own needs before the group. We are challenged to comprehend that a dictatorship uses fear‚ power and arbitrary rules in order to inflict chaos and anarchy onto society where as a democratic
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How did Hitler and Mussolini gain and maintain power? Hitler and Mussolini both came in to power in the early days when their countries‚ Germany and Italy were facing problems after the Great War. Even then‚ both Hitler and Mussolini successfully gain and maintain power and control the country. In order to gain full control of the country they had to remove or eliminate their political rivals. Hitler used excuses to blame and imprison his political rivals. One good example would be when he
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Chua‚ Marc Anthony L. PS1033 Critic paper The paper discussed the many variations of political parties‚ there are so many descriptions of the political parties of the west. Some of the classification of political parties includes wide membership and some are restricted to a certain class in society for example those people who are in the working class tends to join the labor party or a revolutionary party who advocates the violent overthrow of the government. Some political party also advocates
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The utilisation of fear have been a system used by both the Nazi dictatorship in Germany and the Stalinist regime in the soviet Union and also to maintain their totalitarian framework on the people. Firstly the Nazis used a number of concerning capability to secure that their ‘Terror State’ worked. It was not exactly one part‚ it was a mixture that have been consolidated to verify that nobody spoke crazy against the Nazis. The Nazis used and created The SS‚ the Gestapo‚ and concentration camps
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Hitler Youth Movement The Hitler Youth was a logical extension of Hitler’s belief that the future of Nazi Germany was its children. The Hitler Youth was seen as being as important to a child as school was. In the early years of the Nazi government‚ Hitler had made it clear as to what he expected German children to be like: "The weak must be chiselled away. I want young men and women who can suffer pain. A young German must be as swift as a greyhound‚ as tough as leather‚ and as hard as Krupp’s
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History abounds in examples of powerful men coming into prominence and dictating the course to be followed by the people. Dictatorship as a specific principle of government‚ however‚ arose only after World War I which was responsible for throwing out of gear the economic organizations of most of the state. The masses groaned under the burden of heavy taxation and large-scale unemployment. The working classes were rebelling against their governments. The working classes derived inspiration from
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How successful was the Nazi regime in dealing with opposition? Explain your answer. The Nazi regime dealt with opposition through a combination of persuasion and force. Nazi propaganda was so effective at portraying Hitler and the Nazi ideals in a positive light that many German people believed Hitler was a good leader and genuinely supported him. Others were too intimidated by potential consequences if they spoke against the regime that they did nothing. However‚ there were some who openly
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In a totalitarian government‚ the people are not living in a reality‚ but rather the inverse‚ they are living in a reality made for them. 1984 by George Orwell is a story of Winston Smith’s struggle against a totalitarian government that controls the ideas and thoughts of its citizens. In the mythical setting of Oceania‚ the Party is the ruling‚ and Big Brother is the fictitious leader that controls all the thoughts and actions of human life. The people’s rebellious thoughts and actions are most
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Diary entry 1 One of the things that I had to do in the Hitler Youth was burn books. I did not even want to burn the books‚ but I had to if I didn’t want to blow my cover. The book burning was unnecessary. Why do you need to burn something that has nothing to do with you? They burnt those books because they didn’t say what the Nazi’s wanted them to say. The best books in the world burnt because the Nazi’s don’t want people to think differently. The whole thing angered me. I was fuming inside‚ but
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Social 30-1 Position Paper The source given discusses the prominence of the commonly debatable topic of individual rights and freedoms being neglected to fulfill the goals of the state. The source is clearly biased and against modern liberalism; in favor of a more collective society focusing more on the survival and prosperity of the state‚ rather than individual rights and freedoms. The source evidently identifies collectivism as well as authoritarianism as its most prominent ideological perspectives
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