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==Usage in bourgeois academia== | ==Usage in bourgeois academia== | ||
Bourgeois academics commonly use the term "totaltarianism" to attack [[Socialist state|socialist states]] such as the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and [[People's Republic of China]] under [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Mao Zedong]] respectively.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism "Totalitarianism"]. ''Wikipedia''. Retrieved August 5, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/totalitarianism "Totalitarianism"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved August 5, 2025.<blockquote>"Other modern examples of totalitarian states include the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, and North Korea under the Kim dynasty."</blockquote></ref> In this way, they seek to conflate socialism with fascism. However, this label is erroneous; | Bourgeois academics commonly use the term "totaltarianism" to attack [[Socialist state|socialist states]] such as the [[Union of Soviet Socialist Republics]] and [[People's Republic of China]] under [[Joseph Stalin]] and [[Mao Zedong]] respectively.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Totalitarianism "Totalitarianism"]. ''Wikipedia''. Retrieved August 5, 2025.</ref><ref>[https://www.britannica.com/topic/totalitarianism "Totalitarianism"]. ''Encyclopedia Britannica''. Retrieved August 5, 2025.<blockquote>"Other modern examples of totalitarian states include the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, and North Korea under the Kim dynasty."</blockquote></ref> In this way, they seek to conflate [[socialism]] with fascism. However, this label is erroneous; socialist [[democracy]] offered much greater and more meaningful freedoms in comparison to their capitalist counter-parts. This is in addition to the fact that totalitarianism is a capitalist concept.<ref>Saul Wenger (January 2023) [https://wisconsincommunist.blogspot.com/2023/08/is-socialism-totalitarian.html "Is Socialism Totalitarian?"]. ''Wisconsin Communist''. Retrieved August 5, 2025.</ref> | ||
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Totalitarianism is a form of government in which the state has total, unrestricted control over the affairs of citizens. Totalitarianism is intimately related with fascism, which represents the total merging of state and capital for the repression of the proletariat via the absolute restriction of all nominal bourgeois democratic civil and political freedoms.
"For the Fascist, everything is the State, and nothing human or spiritual exists, much less has value, outside the State. In this sense Fascism is totalitarian." — Benito Mussolini
Usage in bourgeois academia
Bourgeois academics commonly use the term "totaltarianism" to attack socialist states such as the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and People's Republic of China under Joseph Stalin and Mao Zedong respectively.[1][2] In this way, they seek to conflate socialism with fascism. However, this label is erroneous; socialist democracy offered much greater and more meaningful freedoms in comparison to their capitalist counter-parts. This is in addition to the fact that totalitarianism is a capitalist concept.[3]
See also
References
- ↑ "Totalitarianism". Wikipedia. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Totalitarianism". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved August 5, 2025.
"Other modern examples of totalitarian states include the Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, Nazi Germany under Adolf Hitler, the People’s Republic of China under Mao Zedong, and North Korea under the Kim dynasty."
- ↑ Saul Wenger (January 2023) "Is Socialism Totalitarian?". Wisconsin Communist. Retrieved August 5, 2025.