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30 July, 13:06

How is an authoritarian governments different from a totalitarian government?

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  1. 30 July, 13:10
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    Let's compare the two types of regimes:

    Totalitarian state: one central absolute power with control over all the branches of government, the armed forces and repressive bodies; one single, dominant official ideology admitted; one-party system with no other parties at all in place; total censorship of the media, only official media allowed. Examples: Nazi Germany, Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin, China under Mao Zedong, North Korea until today.

    Authoritarian state: one centralized power with control over branches of government, armed forces and repressive bodies; a dominant party ideology official and one-party state, but some alternative parties (mainly collaborators of the regime) are allowed with their own ideologies, they must subordinate to the central authority and can't gain power; some small independent media outlets may be allowed to exist but they can be censored and closed down if necessary; less opressive system in general. Examples: South Korea with military governments until the 1980s, Spain under Franco, communist Poland, Chile under Pinochet, Taiwan in 1975-1988, other Latin American dictatorships.
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