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THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM - Coggle Diagram
THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM
Different factors eroded
parliamentary democracies
in the 1920s
main one
crisis of the capitalist system
manifested in Europe
post-war difficulties
recession that started in 1929
Soviet Union was not affected
by Great Depression
due to its different
economic system
the
trade unions
became stronger
communist parties
was also great political instability
in many countries
largely caused
by workers’ demands
Members of the
wealthy
afraid of Soviet example
middle classes
started supporting dictatorial models
rejected the existence
of workers’ organisations
At the end of the 1930s
dictatorships in Europe
predominated over democracies
dictatorships were totalitarian regimes
with some common characteristics
dictatorship
the absence of individual
freedoms
information
exaltation of the dictator
and a personality cult
all-embracing state
with power that controlled
all facets of citizens’ lives
official state ideology
single mass party
that represented the official ideology
mobilisation of the masses
in support of that ideology
repression
of any idea or activity
that differs from or questions
the power of the state
the party
its official ideology
system of terror and violence
with a powerful political
police force to ensure critics
are repressed
