#totalitarianism

#totalitarianism

Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) jail terms are overbearing and unfair as he urged his successor...to look carefully at fresh proposals to end the historic wrong.

The suspense is simply in waiting for the totalitarian machinery to grind into place.

Charlotte Beradt, a German Jewish journalist who experienced Hitler's rise, found the messages in her friends' dreams irresistibly interesting, reflecting the psyche under totalitarian rule.

Memory holes may destroy words rather than churn out new ones, but they are extensions of the Party's insistence that 'WAR IS PEACE' and 'IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH.' They turn absence into a claim of power.

"The Idea first emerged as a wordless novel in 1920, drawn by Frans Masereel. Masereel, a close friend of Dadaist and New Objectivist artist George Grosz, had created a stark, black-and-white story about the indomitable nature of ideas. Employing thick, aggressive lines obtained through woodcut printing, Masereel depicted a conservative political order's fight against the birth of a new idea, which eventually flourished in spite of the establishment's relentless attempts to suppress it."

Evans highlights that understanding the personalities of Nazi leaders provides crucial insights into the mechanics of totalitarian regimes, illustrating how they attract and manipulate followers.