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B.
Definition: one-party dictatorship that regulates every aspect of citizens’ lives; everything is subordinated totally to the state vs. dictatorship, authoritarianism, autocracy, absolutism

C.
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Characteristics:
Forced to live by ruler’s beliefs
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Demands total mass conformity
1 political party only
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Propaganda
Technology
Secret police / terror
Censorship
State-controlled economy
Strong military
Leader tries to convince people he is democratic or has democratic support
Youth, professional, cultural, sports groups

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B.
“left” vs. “right”
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Left
Communism
Collective ownership of wealth
Arise in undeveloped countries
Working class support
Ex.: USSR under Stalin, China under Mao
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Right
Fascism & Nazism
Private ownership of wealth
Arise in developed countries
Middle class support
Ex.: Germany under Hitler, Italy under Mussolini

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B.
C.
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Debate over definition
When it arose
1 or more?
Right or left? (1920 shift)
Political doctrine vs. action
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Definition (as best as it can be):
Anti- … socialist, communist, radical, democratic, republican, feminism, liberal, conservative
Pro- … new nationalist authoritarian state, volunteerism
Organization: mass party militia; use of violence
Youth movement
Technology
Not necessarily racist

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B.
Germany / Hitler
Fascism + racism/anti-Semitism

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B.
USSR / Stalin
Theory vs. practice