Oddball
Unobtanium Member
You mean like they have been in far, far, far, extreme left communist Soviet Russia and China?I have no issue when calling out a figure on the totalitarian right. As stated before, Genghis Khan being a prime example. Brutal, demanded compliance, his law was divine, etc. BUT, let conquered lands worship, produce and work as or how they choose as long as their 'donations', loyalty, worship, etc was to Khan's empire
No, that's inaccurate. Genghis Khan was simply authoritarian.
If he let conquered lands do as they liked as long as they paid tribute and lip service, that is the very opposite of totalitarianism.
Totalitarianism grew out of the French Revolution/Napoleon concept of "Total War," in which the entire populace would be involved in any war: men, women, children, old and young. This later became totalitarianism when Hitler and Stalin and others put it into practice in peace time and controlled the citizens in every aspect of their life, from cradle to grave. So children had to join Hitler Youth, young men had summer camps for training, churches were controlled, business was controlled, etc. That is totalitarianism, when everyone has to be controlled in all of their lives for the good of the state.