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'''Totalitarianism''' is a political ethos which dictates the supremacy of the state over the individual freedoms of its citizens. A totalitarian state usually requires a defining ideology with which to justify its appropriation of the levers of power: German nationalism in the case of [[Nazism]]; [[Marxism]] in the case of the Soviet Union; and [[Islam]] in the case of [[theocracy]]s such as [[Iran]] or [[Saudi Arabia]].

'''Totalitarianism''' is a political ethos which dictates the supremacy of the state over the individual freedoms of its citizens. A totalitarian state usually requires a defining ideology with which to justify its appropriation of the levers of power: extreme nationalism such as in the case of [[Nazism]]; [[Marxism]] in the case of the Soviet Union; and [[Islam]] in the case of a [[theocracy]] such as [[Iran]] or [[Saudi Arabia]].

Arendt was one of the first to suggest that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Totalitarianism-Hannah-Arendt/dp/0156701537]</ref>

Arendt was one of the first to suggest that Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union were two sides of the same coin rather than opposing philosophies of Right and Left. <ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Origins-Totalitarianism-Hannah-Arendt/dp/0156701537]</ref>