Hitler And Mussolini Totalitarianism

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Totalitarianism is a form of absolutism in which the government sweeps away existing political institutions and exerts complete control over nearly every aspect of the society and peoples lives. In this system, a supreme leader often becomes the sole source of society’s rules. This government then creates a centralized and dictatorial type of state with complete subservience to the state. With Mussolini, the first totalitarian state was built having a one-party dictatorship that attempted to regulate every aspect of the lives of its citizens. Other dictators, such as Stalin and Hitler, then went on to follow Mussolini and create their own totalitarian states. Thus, the ideology spread throughout some nations affecting peoples lives in many