Totalitarian Leaders Stalin, Marx, and Mustapha Mond Essay

In the book Brave New World, the World Controllers control every aspect of life from the color the citizens wear to the job that is assigned to each person. This is an example of a totalitarian government. The word Totalitarian is defined as â€Å"An adjective of or having to do with a government controlled by one political group which suppress all opposition, often with force, and which controls many aspects of people’s lives. A totalitarian government usually regulates what goods are produced by industry, what radio and television programs are broadcast, what books people read, and other severe controls on private life† (Barnhart 2210). There are many practices or philosophies of totalitarian rulers such as no freedom of religion, speech,†¦show more content†¦Stalin like all rulers wanted and needed to gain the trust of the people. Stalin achieved gaining the trust of the people by creating and enhancing the schools, homes, and hospitals (Caulkins 90). B ut there was a down side to the education of the children. This helped the literacy rate rise from nothing to equal to the rate of any western country. The children were taught to read but they did not learn to think independently. Stalin’s rule helped the Soviet Union. Under Stalin the territorial boundaries expanded (Byers 393). Stalin also had to uphold his regime; if you were someone in power like a factory owner, chief of the secret police, or a party official, you were given new cars, clothes and homes to name a few (Caulkins 92). The bureaucracy got the majority of the privileges that no other person could get. But Stalin never let them forget that what he gave he could also take away (Caulkins 92). Though Stalin gave to the people of the Soviet Union, He also ruled using fear. â€Å"Civilian crimes, such as robbery or killing your wife in a fit of rage, were dealt with in an orderly and just fashion. But â€Å"crimes against the State,† no matter how trivi al, carried the threat of death.† (Caulkins 93) Stalin improved the condition of the Soviet Union so well that writers and reporters tried to out praise each other when writing about