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Soviet Union under Stalin. -Charismatic leader - Authoritarian -Secret police used to squash opposition = fear -State more important than individual -Indoctrination (teach, brainwash, program) Communism -propaganda -censorship . -Government takes total control of the state (country)
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-Charismatic leader - Authoritarian -Secret police used to squash opposition = fear -State more important than individual -Indoctrination (teach, brainwash, program) Communism -propaganda -censorship -Government takes total control of the state (country) -Government takes total control of the economic, social, & political life of its citizens Totalitarianism -Stalin -Hitler -Benito Mussolini -Saddam Hussein -Freedom -Democracy -Voting -Individualism
Charismatic leader takes total control of the Soviet Union To become dictator, uses Secret Police to purge (kill) all opposition Used propaganda to indoctrinate people (socialism) Joseph Stalin Totalitarian?
“[Economically] we are 50 to 100 years behind the advanced countries [of the West]. We must make good this distance in 10 years” Joseph Stalin
HAMMER Represents Industrial growth and power SICKLE Represents Agricultural growth Agricultural growth needed to feed industrial workers
A Centralized Economy • Government takes control of economy • 5 Year Plan that set production quotas or targets • Plan called for the construction of massive industrial centers to build tractors tanks airplanes & ships • Stalin’s Plan to Industrialize • Stalin wants to catch up with Europe • Wants to transform the Soviet Union from an agricultural country to an industrial superpower • The Socialist Ideal • Soviet citizens worked for the overall good of the country… NOT for individual gain • Individuals sometimes died for the benefit of the Soviet Union • Agricultural Production • Needed to increase food production to feed people in industrial cities • Land taken from peasants • Land turned into collective or cooperative farms