Totalitarianism

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European History 1914-to present

The period that immediately followed the First World War was marked by the autocratic regimes in Austria , Germany and Russia being replaced by republics as they were overthrown . There seemed to be a promise of an era of democracy as the seven states that had all been newly created adopted the republican form of government giving the impression that democracy had finally been found after the First World War . However this did not last as after only two decades

, a form of dictatorship took over most of the democratic European countries . While some countries became communists , others took to fascism which resulted to form of government (Gardner , Kleiner Mamiya , 2005

In as all political , intellectual , social , cultural , economic and even religious and spiritual activities were subordinated to the authority of the rulers and the government . This form of rule was characterized by the rulers of the government as a central power controlling all the aspects of the citizens ' lives through force and repression such that those who held views that were different from the ideologies of the rulers and had different practices in the mentioned aspects of their lives were considered to be against the state hence enemies controlled , one party state in which the party controlled everything that went on in the state , mass surveillance accompanied with state terrorism and restricted free...