Friday, December 10, 2010

the regime of 204

to·tal·i·tar·i·an   
[toh-tal-i-tair-ee-uhn]
–adjective
1.
of or pertaining to a centralized government that does not tolerate parties of differing opinion and that exercises dictatorial control over many aspects of life.
2.
exercising control over the freedom, will, or thought of others; authoritarian; autocratic.

---- dictionary.com


Total (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state, usually under the control of a single (political) person, faction, or class, recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[2] Totalitarianism is generally characterized by the coincidence of authoritarianism (where ordinary citizens have less significant share in state decision-making) and ideology (a pervasive scheme of values promulgated by institutional means to direct most if not all aspects of public and private life).[3]
Totalitarian regimes or movements stay political power through an all-encompassing propaganda disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of state terrorism.

------wikipedia.org

and likes to open the blinds when you're changing so everyone else can watch you, too.

So totalitarian regimes have

- rules regarding when you can talk and what you can say
- people telling you what to do; i.e., when you have to shut off lights
- personality standards- you should live exactly like the dictator lives
- terrible, oppressive leaders with whom no one can negotiate
- threats and do evil things to rebellious citizens
- hypocrisy because the rules don't apply to the dictators.


Hmm. Well, that sounds familiar.


that's because it is, crazy eyes. it's actually a really bad thing. not something about which to be proud.

p.s. hey girl in my english class who was talking about wishing she could back out of letting her move in... i know you were lying when you said it was someone else you were talking about... HAVE FUN NEXT SEMESTER... and good luck, you poor thing. you'll need it.

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