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What Is Totalitarianism? What Are the Essential Elements in a Totalitarian

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What is totalitarianism? What are the essential elements in a totalitarian regime? Specifically, what are the roles of the state and what is the relationship between state and society? How is totalitarianism different than authoritarianism? What are some examples of totalitarianism that make these differences clear?


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Matching Principle

An accounting principle that dictates that expenses should be recorded in the same period as the revenues they helped to generate.

Asset's Cost

Represents the total amount incurred to acquire an asset and make it operational, including purchase price and all other expenses necessary to get the asset into a usable state.

Service Life

The estimated period that an asset is expected to be useful in the operations of a business.

Taxable Income

The amount of income used to calculate an individual's or a company's income tax due, typically gross income minus deductions and exemptions.

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