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THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM - Coggle Diagram
THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM
Capitalisim suffered a crisis due to the Great Deppresion
the Soviet Union was not affected it was not capitalist
trade unions and communism became stronger
wealthy people were afraid communism was going to expand
started supporting dictatorships
by 1930 there were more dictatorships than democracies in Europe
Characteristics of an authoritarian regime
Dictatorship
no individual freedoms
Exaltation of the dictator
All-embracing state
controlled all aspects of citizen lives
Official state ideology
Single mass party
Repression
System of terror and violence
politcal police