totalitarianism
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As that description implies, totalitarianism is a crisis of modernization.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2025
Under competitive authoritarianism, and even under fully autocratic totalitarianism, ruling leaders often carry a lot of support from the mass public.
From Salon • May 20, 2025
Dr Alexandra Stein, a social psychologist and author who specialises in cults and totalitarianism, says it is typical "cult-speak".
From BBC • Oct. 29, 2024
Last year the Booker Prize was awarded to Ireland's Paul Lynch for Prophet Song, a dystopian vision of Ireland in the grips of totalitarianism.
From BBC • Sep. 16, 2024
Almost 50 years ago, we began a long struggle against aggressive totalitarianism.
From State of the Union Address by Bush, George
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