Totalitarian Government in Animal Farm

Government is in all aspects of every day life. Quality of life depends on how effective a government is at ruling and guiding its people. It is challenging finding good leaders who will effectively make decisions for the benefit of the people and who will make sure their country is thriving. There are many types of government, and all of them each have a favorable trait which makes them seem superior to the rest, but some governments are better to others. Due to its effectiveness and way of life, a totalitarian government is better than a democracy.

In Animal Farm, one of the main causes of Napoleon's power over all of the animals was his use of propaganda, a classic totalitarian tool. He used it to manipulate the uneducated animals and made them trust the lies he was feeding them. In many parts of the book, he ordered Squealer to give the animals false information about the condition of the farm and he led the animals to believe they were living a good life. His use of propaganda was effective and none of the animals questioned his rule and they never saw the injustice being done to them. The same maltreatment occurs in many totalitarian governments, one of them being North Korea. The “Hermit Kingdom” is one of the terms given to North Korea because the country is literally in a world of its own. Kim Jong Un forbids any communication from outside his walls and the only news the Koreans are allowed to read is a government backed paper, similar to the Soviet Pravda. Each person in North Korea is fiercely loyal to Kim Jong Un, and that is exactly what he wants. The reason the people of Korea are so faithful to their leader is because they don’t know any better. A totalitarian government spreads propaganda and keeps its people in t...

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...rnment. In addition, most of the money in America belongs to 5% of its population, the rich or “upperclass”. The upperclass in America are very privileged, but the other 90% of America’s population are relying on food stamps and are homeless. Unlike a democracy, there is no discrimination about social classes because in a totalitarian government, money is distributed equally among everyone; therefore there is no social classification of “upper, middle, and lower class”. Everyone is equal.

Many people argue that a totalitarian government is cruel and very corrupt. Dictators are always criticized because their actions aren’t for the good of his people, but a democracy is no different than a totalitarian rule; the only difference is that people living in a totalitarian government are equal, productive, and stable; which cannot be said for people living in a democracy.