Military dictatorship

History is full of abusive leaders, but the people they ruled were often accountable, to a certain extent, for allowing them to stay in power. This was especially true in post-Revolution France, where the citizens were willing to trade away certain freedoms for safety under the leadership of Napoleon Bonaparte. Similarly, many freedoms previously held by modern Americans are being restricted due to the threat of terrorism. This comparison bodes ill, especially when the danger of indifference to…

Napoleon, From Revolutionary to Murderer Over ten million people were put into the Russian gulags under Stalin’s rule. Stalin was one of the most horrible dictators of all time. How could Orwell represent such a terrible dictator? In Animal Farm, he represents Stalin with Napoleon. Napoleon displays a large variety of tyrannical qualities, but he was not always like that. Napoleon evolves as a tyrant over the course of the book, largely because he gains more power. At the beginning of the book,…

precedent of armed takeover previously established. The result was a succession of equally incompetent governments that finally culminated in the country being taken over by a military Dictator in Napoleon Bonaparte, who then pursued a solid decade's worth of expansionist wars that cost millions of lives and ended with France under military…

George Orwell’s novel, 1984, iterates the ideals of government control and psychological grooming to constrict and subdue the rebellious attitudes of individuals. In today’s societies, our government’s actions are resonating deep within citizens and they’re frightened. They are unnerved with the potential circumstances they could find themselves in. George Orwell’s 1984, is reverberating throughout the public during this era because of specific events such as Trump’s election and the testaments…

As one might describe, a dictator is a leader with total power over a nation. This power is typically obtained by force. Many dictators rule in fear and inflict terror upon people in the nation in which they govern. Within a dictatorship, one’s entitlement to speak freely is most commonly revoked because basic rights and freedom are not available. Two dictators that suppressed freedom of speech under their governing nations are Macbeth, a character from the play “Macbeth” by William…

20th century, totalitarianism was the most dominant government in Europe. Absolute is defined as control by the state or a governing branch of a highly centralized institution. There are eight concepts to totalitarianism, one being single party dictatorship. Others include state control of economy, absolute loyalty,education of youth, and most importantly terrorism, secret police,propaganda, and censorship. Three leaders who displayed totalitarianism are Mussolini, Hitler, and Stalin.…

Richard Dawkins, an English author and ethologist, claims, “Our genes made us, we animals exist for their preservation and are nothing more than their throwaway survival machines.” With these words, Dawkins asserts that humanity’s sole purpose for existence reproduce. The film, Max, directed by Menno Meyjes, focuses on characters Max Rothman and Adolf Hitler and portrays the history behind Hitler’s hateful speech aimed directly the Jews. In Max, Rothman (referred to as Max), a Jew and former…

The first step to any problem is to identify that there is a problem. Government have been a very delicate system people of generations have dealt with. It seems like in history it has always been the government that start the wars, or at least it comes back to the government. In V for Vendetta, V who is the main character of this film, hi-jacks a television station that has an emergency channel and gives his revolutionary speech. Within this speech he gives some reasons on why his government…

Unlimited Possibilities of Free Speech The free right of expressing one’s thought and opinions is very important according to human rights for a country. Everyone might be able to speak and write with freedom, but could be responsible for such extremely negative or dangerous way of using freedom of speech. Freedom of speech is very important part for democratic government and most people because it is the only way the truth can come out. Everybody is different. Everybody has their own opinions,…

There are many similarities and differences between Joseph Stalin and Fidel Castro. Both are strong communist leaders that rule their counties with an iron fist. Stalin and Castro rose to power to form totalitarian dictatorships in the countries they ruled. They have used various methods to rise to power in their countries and they have worked hard to maintain that power. They both had huge impacts on the world and on Cuba and Russia. Joseph Stalin rose to power after the death of Vladimir Lenin…