totalitarian regime
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Breaking ranks in a constitutional democracy may not incur the same risks as in a totalitarian regime, but revising the dictionary of received ideas isn’t for cowards in any society.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 18, 2025
Digging deep into the internet, “almost into the dark web,” Gavin discovered a secret world of hidden camera footage that made graphic the harsh realities of life under the totalitarian regime of Kim Jong Un.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2024
The novel, published in 1949, is set in a world where critical thought is supressed by a totalitarian regime.
From BBC • Jun. 16, 2023
In the process, McKibben leaves out from his apt comparison the unfortunate re-establishment of a totalitarian regime that occurred inside Animal Farm after the revolution.
From New York Times • Feb. 18, 2022
No less persecutory than any totalitarian regime, these mass media are ominous symptoms of the social malaise of disillusionment with the realities of life and with more institutionalized modes of expression.
From After the Rain : how the West lost the East by Vaknin, Samuel
