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Totalitarianism has been around since antiquity. Examples include Sparta where state controlled the way of life for lower and upper classes. More modern examples include Edo period Japan.
Totalitarianism has been around since antiquity. Examples include Sparta where state controlled the way of life for lower and upper classes. More modern examples include Edo period Japan.


[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Adolf Hitler]] in Germany, [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Stalinism|Joseph Stalin]] and [[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism|Vladimir Lenin]] in the Soviet Union, [[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism|Benito Mussolini]] in Italy, [[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism|Mao Zedong]] in China, [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] [[Jihadism|the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]], [[File:Polpot.png]] [[Pol Potism|Pol Pot]] in Kampuchea, and [[File:Juche.png]] [[Juche|Kim-Il Sung]] in Korea are leaders and regimes that have commonly been regarded as being totalitarian.
[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism|Adolf Hitler]] in Germany, [[File:Stalin.png]] [[Stalinism|Joseph Stalin]] and [[File:Orthlen.png]] [[Leninism|Vladimir Lenin]] in the Soviet Union, [[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism|Benito Mussolini]] in Italy, [[File:Mao.png]] [[Maoism|Mao Zedong]] in China, [[File:Cball-Isis.png]] [[Jihadism|the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]], [[File:Polpot.png]] [[Pol Potism|Pol Pot]] in Kampuchea, [[File:Cball-Taliban.png]] [[Jihadism|the Taliban]] in Afghanistan, and [[File:Juche.png]] [[Juche|Kim-Il Sung]] in Korea are leaders and regimes that have commonly been regarded as being totalitarian.


less famous examples include [[File:Burmasoc.png]]
less famous examples include [[File:Burmasoc.png]]
[[Burmese Socialism|Ne Win]] in Burma, [[File:Chine.png]] [[Chinese Theocracy|Qin Shi Huang ]] in the Qin Dynasty, and more recently, [[File:Cball-Taliban.png]] [[Jihadism|the Taliban]] in Afghanistan.
[[Burmese Socialism|Ne Win]] in Burma, [[File:Chine.png]] [[Chinese Theocracy|Qin Shi Huang ]] in the Qin Dynasty, and more recently,


The origins of modern Totalitarianism as an ideology are debated. Philosopher Karl Popper believed its roots lie in the Hegelian conception of the state, and even more so in the theories of [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism|Karl Marx]], while philosophers Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer of the [[File:Frankfurt.png]] [[Frankfurt Socialism|Frankfurt School]] argued it is rooted in the [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment]].
The origins of modern Totalitarianism as an ideology are debated. Philosopher Karl Popper believed its roots lie in the Hegelian conception of the state, and even more so in the theories of [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism|Karl Marx]], while philosophers Theodor W. Adorno and Max Horkheimer of the [[File:Frankfurt.png]] [[Frankfurt Socialism|Frankfurt School]] argued it is rooted in the [[File:Monkeyzz-Enlightenment.png]] [[Enlightenment]].