“Propaganda is to a democracy what the budgeon is to a totalitarian state.” - Noam Cromsky. In other words, ignorance is to democracy as violence is to dictatorship. At the end of World War 1, totalitarianism, a form of rule in which the government attempts to maintain total control over society, including all aspects of the public and private lives of its citizens, began to rise. These totalitarianism states rose to power due to numerous political and economical conditions while harsh, but effective, methods of enforcement were used by dictators to consolidate their control over the people within the government controlled state.
Political conditions were one reason that totalitarianism rose to power as some of Europe’s countries were falling …show more content…
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty which was designed to make peace between countries and stated Germany’s punishments for starting the war. Germany had to pay 132 billion gold marks, equivalent to $22 billion today in reparations to cover damage caused in the war which they were unable to pay for. France was quite aware of the high reparations costs towards Germany, eventually putting them into a great depression. Germany got put back into an economic crisis when the stock market crashed in 1929 known as Black Tuesday. Germany faced enormous economic problems that were caused before and during the war. Germany had to print money in order to pay for the reparations towards all the damage they had caused during World War 1; however, after their defeat, all of the paper money steadily lost its value. Due to the heavy payment they had to pay back to the Allies, Germany printed out more money thus leading to the sharply fallen currency of Germany’s. Inflation started to seep in soon after. Germany need more and more money to buy even the basic things such as a loaf of bread or milk. Germany began to question their government as they were having a hard time living in difficulty. Many people were beginning to be unemployed as well. This led to many people living out on the streets or with little money that could not buy them anything. These people wanted a strong leader that could bring them out of this difficult time, and did not hesitate when one came rolling
Political conditions were one reason that totalitarianism rose to power as some of Europe’s countries were falling …show more content…
The Treaty of Versailles was a peace treaty which was designed to make peace between countries and stated Germany’s punishments for starting the war. Germany had to pay 132 billion gold marks, equivalent to $22 billion today in reparations to cover damage caused in the war which they were unable to pay for. France was quite aware of the high reparations costs towards Germany, eventually putting them into a great depression. Germany got put back into an economic crisis when the stock market crashed in 1929 known as Black Tuesday. Germany faced enormous economic problems that were caused before and during the war. Germany had to print money in order to pay for the reparations towards all the damage they had caused during World War 1; however, after their defeat, all of the paper money steadily lost its value. Due to the heavy payment they had to pay back to the Allies, Germany printed out more money thus leading to the sharply fallen currency of Germany’s. Inflation started to seep in soon after. Germany need more and more money to buy even the basic things such as a loaf of bread or milk. Germany began to question their government as they were having a hard time living in difficulty. Many people were beginning to be unemployed as well. This led to many people living out on the streets or with little money that could not buy them anything. These people wanted a strong leader that could bring them out of this difficult time, and did not hesitate when one came rolling