The thought that dissenters are dangerous and should be punished was a is common belief to both the 17th-centrury absolutism and 20th-century totalitarianism.
To add, the term absolutism may refer to: Absolute monarchy, a governing body in which a monarch rules freely, with no laws or legally organized opposition; especially used to describe the period c.
On the other hand, totalitarianism is a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state