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THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM
crisis of the capitalist system
manifested in Europe
post-war difficulties
recession that started in 1929
Soviet Union not affected by Great Depression
trade unions and communist parties became stronger
great political inestability in many countries
members of the wealthy and middle classes
afraid of Soviet
started supporting dictatorial models
rejected existence of workers' organisations
1930s dictatorships predominated over democracies
common characteristics
dictatorship
absence of
individual freedoms
information
exaltation of the dictator
official state ideology
repression
of anything aggaisnt the regime
system of terror and violence
Great Britain
overcame ecomonic problems
thanks to stregth of political institutions
manage to preserve democracy
France
forme a leftist unity goverment
to contain the rise of extreme right
