Totalitarianism was exposed in World War II as a system that annihilates any trace of human individuality by indoctrination; this is with the final goal of justifying any atrocity: everything is possible. ... There is chronologic description of how gradually people are indoctrinated to serve to the main objective of a totalitarian regimen. ... Niemöller's poem reflects this justification by pointing his silence several times: "I did not speak out" (2, 5, 8). ... In consequence, the speaker is not able to reflect any emotion that is one of the most important human characte...

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