A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens. This type of government emerged in the 20th Century with the birth of mass media (radio, movies, etc.) because it is a key part of how the government controls people through propaganda and censorship. Key examples are Adolf Hitler in Germany, Benito Mussolini in Italy, Josef Stalin in the USSR and Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

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A political system in which the government has total control over the lives of individual citizens. This type of government emerged in the 20th Century with the birth of mass media (radio, movies, etc.) because it is a key part of how the government controls people through propaganda and censorship. Key examples are Adolf Hitler in Germany, Benito Mussolini in Italy, Josef Stalin in the USSR and Saddam Hussein in Iraq.

Totalitarianism
NAFTA
Mikhail Gorbachev
Civil disobedience