Adrian BernabeMrs.
Bridges, Mr. Spinella English 10R Period, 320 AprilAbsolute power could be defined as an observation that a person’s sense of morality lessens as his or her power increases. Absolute power could be too much for a leader and corrupt him or her. Some famous people that got corrupted with absolute power were, Joseph Stalin, Hitler and King Louis the 16th, and Mussolini. In the novel, Animal Farm by George Orwell, absolute power will corrupt a leader. Absolute powers the worst thing that could happen to a country. The citizens are the ones that suffer because of corrupt leadership.
Autocratic governments Goals of unrestricted power goes to a system of regime that endeavors to control all, or most, aspects of its society. This type of regime, usually autocratic in nature, is one in which the state not only controls the structure of the political needs, but withal endeavors to define the values and notions of its population.
In a sense, the state defines the society in lieu of the society defining the state. Totalitarian regimes endeavor to ascertain that proximately every aspect of an individual’s esse is directed toward the state’s goals. Totalitarianism refers to a system of government that attempts to control all, or most, aspects of its society. This type of government, generally autocratic in nature, is one in which the state not only rigidly controls the political structure, but also attempts to define the values and beliefs of its population. In a sense, the state defines the society instead of the society defining the state.
Totalitarian regimes endeavor to ensure that nearly every aspect of an individual’s existence is directed toward the state’s goals (Lansford). Totalitarianism can corrupt many people mostly leaders, The citizens are the ones that suffer because of corrupt leadership. After his escape from Spain, Eric Arthur Blair had time to consume what he had seen there: the credit that autocracy and socialism, as achieved by Hitler and, Joseph Stalin , were prospect of the same phenomenon —the absolute power and need for tycoon . What terrified him was the mental ability of modern font dictatorship to ascendance the judgment of their issue theme through wireless and the propaganda press and the need of Arcanum police. After his narrow escape from Spain in 1937, Orwell had time to absorb what he had seen there: the realization that fascism and communism, as implemented by Hitler and Stalin, were aspects of the same phenomenon—the totalitarian lust for power. What terrified him was the capacity of modern dictators to control the minds of their subjects through radio and press propaganda and the use of secret police (Quinn).