Forms of government: Difference between revisions

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* totalitarianism
* totalitarianism


==== authoritarian state ====
=== authoritarian state ===


* authority through state apparatus (elements), including
* authority through state apparatus (elements), including
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** but those institutions are centrally and not popularly (the people) controlled
** but those institutions are centrally and not popularly (the people) controlled


==== fascist state / fascism ====
=== fascist state / fascism ===


* from the Roman symbol of authority based upon a "fasces"
* from the Roman symbol of authority based upon a "fasces"
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*** charismatic leadership is referred to in fascism as "cult of personality"
*** charismatic leadership is referred to in fascism as "cult of personality"


==== totalitarian state ====
=== totalitarian state ===


* same as "authoritarian" except the totalitarian state abolishes all pretense (pretending) of democracy
* same as "authoritarian" except the totalitarian state abolishes all pretense (pretending) of democracy