Freedom and control cannot coexist in the same space because they contradict one another. According to Webster-Merriam dictionary, freedom is “the quality or state of being free: as the absence of necessity, coercion, or constraint in choice or action” whereas control is “directing something’s actions or functions; to cause something to act or function in a certain way.” In terms of political ideologies, Fascism and Laissez Faire Capitalism are prime examples of control and freedom. Fascism, an ideology made popular by Benito Mussolini in his essay The Doctrine of Fascism, restricted and subordinated the individual freedoms of countrymen to the betterment of the nation by coercion. On the contrary, Laissez Faire Capitalism granted countrymen
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While in office, Hitler took complete political, social, and cultural control over German citizens. He also upheld fascist ideas, a form of right-wing totalitarianism, which emphasized the subordination of the individual to the advancement of state interests. Author Bertolt Brecht, a proud supporter of anti-Nazism, alluded to both fascist and totalitarian principles in his play, “Fear and Misery in the Third Reich.” In this literary work, Brecht walked his audience through Nazi Germany during the 1930s, a land full of poverty, violence, and fear. The play presents twenty-four scenes that show how suspicion and anxiety permeated the once ordinary life of many Jews under Nazi rule. In scene 3 titled “The Chalk Cross,” an SA man is talking to the cook, the maidservant, and her brother, ‘the worker.’ As they are telling jokes about public opinion, the worker alludes to individual subordination and the advancement of the state, which is an ideal mentioned in The Doctrine of Fascism when he says, “I’ll denounce my own brother for grumbling about the Voluntary Labour Service. As for my girl, when she tells me ‘Heil Hitler’ she’s got pregnant at a work camp then I have them bring her in: we can’t have abortions because if we made exceptions for our nearest and dearest the Third Reich would run out of manpower, and the Third Reich’s what we love best” ("Fear and Misery," 17). In scene 6 titled “Judicial Process,” a judge asks a police inspector to clarify a case involving a Jew that was physically assaulted, and had his jewelry shop robbed. The inspector goes on to claim the Jew provoked the SA people by “shouting vulgar terms of abuse at them” ("Fear and Misery," 29) and “mak[ing] himself generally disliked” ("Fear and Misery," 31). Although both the Judge and the police inspector
While in office, Hitler took complete political, social, and cultural control over German citizens. He also upheld fascist ideas, a form of right-wing totalitarianism, which emphasized the subordination of the individual to the advancement of state interests. Author Bertolt Brecht, a proud supporter of anti-Nazism, alluded to both fascist and totalitarian principles in his play, “Fear and Misery in the Third Reich.” In this literary work, Brecht walked his audience through Nazi Germany during the 1930s, a land full of poverty, violence, and fear. The play presents twenty-four scenes that show how suspicion and anxiety permeated the once ordinary life of many Jews under Nazi rule. In scene 3 titled “The Chalk Cross,” an SA man is talking to the cook, the maidservant, and her brother, ‘the worker.’ As they are telling jokes about public opinion, the worker alludes to individual subordination and the advancement of the state, which is an ideal mentioned in The Doctrine of Fascism when he says, “I’ll denounce my own brother for grumbling about the Voluntary Labour Service. As for my girl, when she tells me ‘Heil Hitler’ she’s got pregnant at a work camp then I have them bring her in: we can’t have abortions because if we made exceptions for our nearest and dearest the Third Reich would run out of manpower, and the Third Reich’s what we love best” ("Fear and Misery," 17). In scene 6 titled “Judicial Process,” a judge asks a police inspector to clarify a case involving a Jew that was physically assaulted, and had his jewelry shop robbed. The inspector goes on to claim the Jew provoked the SA people by “shouting vulgar terms of abuse at them” ("Fear and Misery," 29) and “mak[ing] himself generally disliked” ("Fear and Misery," 31). Although both the Judge and the police inspector