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03 THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM - Coggle Diagram
03 THE CRISIS OF DEMOCRACY AND THE RISE OF TOTALITARIANISM
In 1920s
Different factors eroded parliamentary democracies
The main one was
The crisis of the capitalist system
This was manifested in Europe both by
Post-war difficulties (1919-1923)
The recession that started in 1929
As a result of Soviet prestige
and the unemployment and misery generated by the capitalist crisis
Trade unions and communist parties became stronger
Members of the wealthy and middle classes
Who were afraid of the Soviet example
Started supporting dictatorial models
At the end of the 1930s,
dictatorships in Europe predominated
over democracies
Some characteristics of the dictatorial totalitarian
regimes:
An all-embracing state
with power that controlled all facets of citizens’ lives
An official state ideology
Exaltation of the dictator
A single mass party
that represented the official ideology
mobilisation of the masses in support of that ideology
Dictatorship and the absence
of individual freedoms and information
Repression of any idea
or activity that differs from or questions the power of the state
System of terror and violence,
with a powerful political police force to ensure critics are repressed
