totalitarian government
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Total Recall is a movie about a totalitarian government that’s colonized another planet so it can charge ordinary people to breathe.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 1, 2020
When the views of thinking people, whether lawyers, teachers, editors, or writers, are determined by our self-assessed risk of losing jobs or social standing, it doesn’t take a totalitarian government to repress our thoughts.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 14, 2019
No pope, however, has visited North Korea, whose totalitarian government has repressed religious activities and promotes a personality cult around Mr. Kim, his father and grandfather.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2018
“War is peace, freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength” was the slogan of the totalitarian government in George Orwell’s canonical novel “1984.”
From Salon ● Nov. 23, 2015
Zen came from the futuristic British TV science fiction series `Blake 7', in which a bunch of underfunded rebels attempted to overthrow an evil totalitarian government.
From Underground by Suelette Dreyfus
