TotalitarianismAdolf Hitler of Germany and Joseph stalin of the Soviet union

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Totalitarianism: Adolf Hitler of Germany and Joseph Stalin of Soviet Union.
Totalitarian regimes have one similar characteristic of being non-democratic. The dictators establish a one well defined legal limit that is only understood by the rulers. Non-democratic states are governed by a totalistic ideology, and involve a single mass party.
Adolf Hitler of Germany
Totalitarianism was expressed by Adolf Hitler’s ability to gain total control of the Germany people. Hitler’s dictatorship was successful because of his ability to control and manipulate the laws which kept him, and the Nazis within the legal boundaries. Hitler managed to have one party control the country. He put in place Nazis officials to rule over all the states and also had the Nazis as lawyers and judges so as to control the judicial system. The Nazis policies were enforced in the provinces and cities, and this gave him a total control since there was no resistance. He also dissolved trade unions that posed a threat to his regime because they were a basis for communism. Hitler also had control over the churches and media. He was able to gain total control by use of terror. For instance, to avoid people from rebelling against the Nazis, he would have a Gestapo drag one out of the house at night and this would spread fear among the people (Lee 178).
Joseph Stalin of Soviet Union
Russia experienced two regimes of dictatorship between 1917 and 1953 (Lee 49). The first regime led by Lenin intended to have a transient dictatorship of the proletariat which was a phase towards achieving a communist system.

The second dictatorship was imposed by Joseph Stalin and was more permanent. Stalin’s government advocated for Marxism–Leninism throughout the Soviet Society by supporting anti-fascist movements in Europe and through the Communist International. He formalized his own policies to be called Stalinism. During his reign, socialism was the main concept in Soviet Society (Lee 64). His policies and autocratic government led to many economic repressions and caused many non-combatant deaths. In his tenure, Lenin’s economic policy got replaced with industrialization, collectivism and a command economy that made the country an industrial power but had negative implications in food production (Lee 116).
The rule of dictatorship in most cases leads to a war that results in economic and property damage and loss of lives. Human rights and freedom also get compromised. There’s also mismanagement of the resources in the various countries due to wrong policy implementation. The war also interferes with trade blocks. The dictatorial government also focuses on wrong priorities that are aimed at propagating ideas to avoid it from being overthrown instead of focusing on the welfare of the people of the nation.

Work Cited
Lee, Stephen J. European Dictatorships 1918–1945. Routledge, 2012. Print.