Racism, Fascism, Nazism, Totalitarian, Communism

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Key Ideas

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Racism, Fascism, Nazism, Totalitarian, Communism

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Racism

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Belief one racial group is superior or inferior to another

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Communism

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a political and economic ideology that advocates for the establishment of a classless society in which all resources and wealth are owned and controlled by the community as a whole

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Communism continued

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• Create society with the means of production are owned by the people
• Goods and services are distributed according to needs of community
• equal access to resources
• Gov controls economy and distributes resources
• Karl Mark and Friedrich Engels

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Totalitarianism

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A form of government that prohibits political parties, outlaws individual opposition, exercises a high degree of control and has total control over the lives of its citizens

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Totalitarianism continued

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• “rule by the law”
• extreme form of authoritarianism
• imposes set of beliefs on people
• law does not apply to the state
• individual freedom are restricted

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Fascism

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a far-right, authoritarian, ultra-nationalist ideology and movement, characterised by a dictator, militarism, suppression of opposition, belief in a social hierarchy and a strong regime

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Fascism continued

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• “fascio” meaning brotherhood
• “Fasces” meaning a symbol of strength in unity
• war and violence as a means to rejuvenation
• one party state - extreme totalitarianism

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Nazism

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a totalitarian movement based on intense nationalism that shares elements of Italian fascism. Is an anti-intellectual, atheoretical movement

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Nazism continued

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• At its core was racial, biological, totalitarian and imperialistic
• viewed world divided into races - the superior and the inferior
  jewish people were seen as ‘monsters’