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<div style="padding-left:40px;">— [[William Penn]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The marketing of evil: How radicals, elitists, and pseudo-experts sell us corruption disguised as freedom |au bythor=David Kupelian |publisher=WND Books |year=2005 |pages=176 |isbn=978-1-58182-459-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQpXAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> </div>
<div style="padding-left:40px;">— [[William Penn]]<ref>{{cite book |title=The marketing of evil: How radicals, elitists, and pseudo-experts sell us corruption disguised as freedom |au bythor=David Kupelian |publisher=WND Books |year=2005 |pages=176 |isbn=978-1-58182-459-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kQpXAAAAYAAJ}}</ref> </div>
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'''Totalitarianism''' is a political ideology 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: Left-wing Anti-Semitism was the driving force behind [[National Socialism|Nazism]]; [[Communism]] in the cases of the Soviet Union and [[China]], [[Progressivism]] in [[Cuba]]<ref>"the draft constitution will be approved in the coming months, making Cuba one of the most progressive nations in the Americas," ''NYT'' Op-ed, 5/3/18.</ref> and [[North Korea]];<ref>3 more examples of liberals explaining how Socialism really isn't Socialism after it's implemented and fails: <br>*https://www.reference.com/government-politics/list-democratic-socialist-countries-9984c4803ba6d172<br>*https://medium.com/@zacherriges/democratic-socialism-vs-social-democracy-12ea49450cd7<br>*https://jacobinmag.com/2018/07/democratic-socialism-bernie-sanders-social-democracy-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/</ref> and [[Islam]] in the case of a [[theocracy]] such as [[Iran]]. Other examples include Saparmurat Niyazov's regime in [[Turkmenistan]]. [[China]] offers an example of a totalitarian regime that has embraced state-run [[capitalism]] whilst retaining a socialist [[bureaucracy]] and power structure. In the [[United States]], the [[Biden junta]] was America's first totalitarian regime.
'''Totalitarianism''' is a political ideology 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: Left-wing Anti-Semitism was the driving force behind [[National Socialism|Nazism]]; [[Communism]] in the cases of the Soviet Union and [[China]], [[Progressivism]] in [[Cuba]]<ref>"the draft constitution will be approved in the coming months, making Cuba one of the most progressive nations in the Americas," ''NYT'' Op-ed, 5/3/18.</ref> and [[North Korea]];<ref>3 more examples of liberals explaining how Socialism really isn't Socialism after it's implemented and fails: <br>*https://www.reference.com/government-politics/list-democratic-socialist-countries-9984c4803ba6d172<br>*https://medium.com/@zacherriges/democratic-socialism-vs-social-democracy-12ea49450cd7<br>*https://jacobinmag.com/2018/07/democratic-socialism-bernie-sanders-social-democracy-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/</ref> and [[Islam]] in the case of a [[theocracy]] such as [[Iran]]. Other examples include Saparmurat Niyazov's regime in [[Turkmenistan]]. [[China]] offers an example of a totalitarian regime that has embraced state-run [[capitalism]] whilst retaining a socialist [[bureaucracy]] and power structure. In the [[United States]], the [[Biden junta]] was America's first totalitarian regime. One of the junta's first acts was to execute a [[warrant]] on former New York [[Mayor Rudy Guiliani]] who led challenges to the integrity of the [[2020 presidential election]].<ref>https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook-pm/2021/04/28/giuliani-pad-raided-by-feds-492636</ref>
Such states are characterized by the extent of their subversion of the rule of law, with the police and judiciary acting as direct instruments of control and providing no meaningful check or balance upon the ruling elite. Media outlets are subordinated to faithful promotion of the defining ideology and, as the state matures, this tends to be reinforced with coordinated programs of indoctrination within the education system. Dissent is often brutally repressed (see [[torture]]) and extrajudicial killings are common. Other common features include the fostering of a personality cult around the head of state and rampant corruption due to the arbitrary enforcement of laws and statutes.
Such states are characterized by the extent of their subversion of the rule of law, with the police and judiciary acting as direct instruments of control and providing no meaningful check or balance upon the ruling elite. Media outlets are subordinated to faithful promotion of the defining ideology and, as the state matures, this tends to be reinforced with coordinated programs of indoctrination within the education system. Dissent is often brutally repressed (see [[torture]]) and extrajudicial killings are common. Other common features include the fostering of a personality cult around the head of state and rampant corruption due to the arbitrary enforcement of laws and statutes.