totalitarianism from wikipedia
[hide]Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[2] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.[\hide]
I agree that a totalitarian politial system does not have ot be theistic. My point was that belief in God and intelligence are also not related because, for one thing, small children donot have a choice in how they are indoctrinated. And the more "totalitarian" their upbringing is, the less likely they are to ever dare to think for themselves. possibly, totalitarian was not the word I was looking for, maybe authoritarion would have been better. However, in some of the atheistic totalitarian regimes mentioned, isn't it also less likely that people are willing to thin for themselves and/or challenge the establishment?
[hide]Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible.[2] Totalitarian regimes stay in political power through an all-encompassing propaganda campaign, which is disseminated through the state-controlled mass media, a single party that is often marked by political repression, personality cultism, control over the economy, regulation and restriction of speech, mass surveillance, and widespread use of terror.[\hide]
I agree that a totalitarian politial system does not have ot be theistic. My point was that belief in God and intelligence are also not related because, for one thing, small children donot have a choice in how they are indoctrinated. And the more "totalitarian" their upbringing is, the less likely they are to ever dare to think for themselves. possibly, totalitarian was not the word I was looking for, maybe authoritarion would have been better. However, in some of the atheistic totalitarian regimes mentioned, isn't it also less likely that people are willing to thin for themselves and/or challenge the establishment?
