The Illusion of Totalitarianism
After Russia sent troops into Ukraine on February 24, 2022, the country adopted a law criminalizing the spread of “false information” about its military endeavors….
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Why The Worst Get on Top (Part Two)
The totalitarian dictator must erase from his memory the commandment he learned from the Bible: “Thou shall not kill”. He must unlearn what his mother taught him when he was a child: “Honesty is the best policy”.
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Why the Worst Get on Top (Part One)
A totalitarian leader can take control of the state, make all good decisions, and lovingly guide his people to the enjoyment of a perfect world where no one does any harm to anyone else, and all live in peace and harmony….Or not.
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The Scapegoat
Every totalitarian system of government has a scapegoat. Under Hitler it was the Jews; under Stalin, it was the kulaks, the middle-class farmers who owned private property.
Every individual, I would add, also has a scapegoat.
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