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Were most ancient societies totalitarian?

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Most ancient societies were dictatorships of one kind or another: monarchies, oligarchies, feudal societies. But most of them lack the mechanisms of control necessary to become full-fledged totalitarian societies until modern times. read more

Totalitarianism signifies the very high (or total) degree of government's control on aspects of the public and itself. By this definition, I would say Nazi Germany under Hitler was probably the most regulated and controlled totalitarian state. read more

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