Totalitarianism Has Several Distinctive Characteristics

question 98

Multiple Choice

Totalitarianism has several distinctive characteristics.Which of the following is not one of these characteristics?

• A) a pervasive ideology that legitimizes state control and instructs people how to act in their public and private lives
• B) a single political party controlled by one person, who stays in office indefinitely
• C) a system of terror that relies on secret police and the military to intimidate people into conformity and to punish dissenters
• D) total control over other institutions and all cultural activities
• E) government recognition of individual rights such as freedom of the press

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