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…Niccolo Machiavelli was born on May 3, 1469, and died in 1527. He was a man who lived his life for politics and patriotism. He was however associated with corrupt, totalitarian government. He wrote two books called The Prince (1513) and The Discourses…

…to Maoism or any other form of nationalistic totalitarianism, look out. Here are some facts and observations: China has averaged 7% GDP growth for 11 years. Shangai has averaged 12%. Shanghai certainly has the feel of a boomtown. Construction cranes…

…that supports it. Ancient Egyptian art and architecture, dominated by state and religion, glorified the pharaoh and life after death. In pious medieval Europe, most visual arts and theater had Christian themes. In 20th-century totalitarian countries, officially…

…and then dictator of Germany. In power, the Nazi movement sought to create a new totalitarian state: the Third Reich. Bonhoeffer saw Nazism to be a counter-religion and a danger to Christianity. He became an active participant in the dispute which broke out…

…at an absolute totalitarian rule in Russia. By killing so many of the Russian's who were the ones which the economy was supported on, Stalin has broken the nation of the Ukraine. From around 1936 through 1938 Stalin extracted his Great Terror. The Great Terror…

…person over another. During World War 2, he was war correspondent for the BBC and the Observer, and wrote for the Tribune. His condemnation of totalitarian society and his intellectual honesty motivated his biting satire of Communist ideology in Animal Farm…

…. The government then served the ruling class not the rest. This book shows the nature of a totalitarian government. The book showed all this by using silly pigs bickering with the other animals about who stole the milk and so on. He used a very well chosen metaphor…

…Kafka's Punishment Some of the most common themes in Joseph Kafka's literature deal with justice and punishment. "In the Penal Colony" is a narrative which takes a critical look at totalitarian punishment and its faults. As the title suggests…

…a totalitarian dictator, where democracy is forgotten. While Ralph represents the part of society that becomes wiser and better through experiences, Jack slowly degrades from a highly developed character to a primitive beast. Therefore, Jack represents those…

…Orwell & Marx Animalism vs. Marxism ³Every line I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism," quotes George Orwell in the preface to the 1956 Signet Classic edition of Animal Farm. The edition, which…