'''Totalitarianism''' (or totalitarian rule) is a [[political]] [[system]] where the [[state]], usually under the control of a single political organization, faction, or class domination, recognizes no limits to its [[authority]] and strives to regulate every aspect of [[public]] and [[private]] life wherever feasible.[2] Totalitarianism is generally characterised by the [[coincidence]] of authoritarianism (i.e., where ordinary citizens have no significant share in state [[decision]]-making) and [[ideology]] (i.e., a pervasive scheme of [[values]] promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. | '''Totalitarianism''' (or totalitarian rule) is a [[political]] [[system]] where the [[state]], usually under the control of a single political organization, faction, or class domination, recognizes no limits to its [[authority]] and strives to regulate every aspect of [[public]] and [[private]] life wherever feasible.[2] Totalitarianism is generally characterised by the [[coincidence]] of authoritarianism (i.e., where ordinary citizens have no significant share in state [[decision]]-making) and [[ideology]] (i.e., a pervasive scheme of [[values]] promulgated by institutional means to direct the most significant aspects of public and private life)[3]. |