Totalitarians see the earth as a garden to which they are anointed to cultivate, and sinners as weeds that must be exterminated. Like all fanatical religions, totalitarian movements seek to control the innermost thoughts of its followers. In pursuit of this totalitarian religious transformation, various proselytizing methods are used. Two of these are demagogy and pedagogy. The former being the spreading of state propaganda through art, literature, music, plays and festivals.
“The State takes the place of God…the socialist dictatorships are religions and State slavery is a form of worship.” Carl Jung, The Undiscovered Self Since the birth of totalitarianism in the 20th century much has been written about this form of rule and millions have read George Orwell’s depiction of it in the classic novel […]
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Is Government the New God? – The Religion of Totalitarianism first appeared on
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