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Under a totalitarian form of government, citizens lack the civil liberties that citizens under democratic governments enjoy. As an example, there is no right to

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Totalitarism, also known as a form of Authoritarism, is a system of government that characterized certain countries, particularly of Europe, before and during the Second World War. Among the better known examples of totalitarian governments we find Nazi Germany and the Italian Fascism, led by Benito Mussolini. In the totalitarian system of government, citizens basically have no rights except those given to them by the leader of the government. There is no right to oposition, no right to debate or argue a decision made by the leader and all aspects of life within the totalitarian state are controlled by the leader. There is also a system of mass terrorism established to maintain all members in check and there is total restriction on all aspects of a nationĀ“s life, depending on the desires of the leader. Among the many liberties enjoyed by citizens of democratic governments, and which were not enjoyed by members of totalitarian regimes are: the lack of election, of choice and most importantly, the lack of freedom of expression and speech. In this question, two of the options are part of the liberties denied in this form of government, voting and freedom of speech, but the one that was most restricted of the two was C, the freedom of speech.

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Totalitarianism is a political concept where the government controls every aspect of life if its citizens. In this type of governance, there is no opposition parties, thus the freedom to vote for the leaders you want is restricted. In addition, this system restricts individual opposition to the state and claims. The government exercises extreme control over its citizens.

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