In George Orwell's 1984, the Party of the totalitarian country Oceania, which deceives the people through tricks and lies in order to maintain its power. ... And as allied nations, the US government also spies on almost every governments in NATO. ... Under the totalitarian governance of the Party, anything the Party claims to be the truth automatically become the truth. ... " (3) In totalitarian countries, fear is an effective tool of government to control the people and keep people obedient and passive, such as Nazi Germany, North Korea, China, etc. ... As a totalitarian state, the ...

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Author George Orwell comments on this type of totalitarian control in his politically controversial novel, 1984. ... The best the government can offer should be available to each citizen and it should be the desire of the government to see the people prosper and experience the greatest joy and contentment with life possible. ... That a government would punish a man so cruelly for merely having a mind of his own reveals the truly oppressive nature of that government. The government's evil nature is also evident when observing its conduct and attitude concerning war. ... Such attitud...

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Rejali notes that "the three models of torture correspond roughly to the two main purposes of government torture: to intimidate, and to coerce false information.... This also shows that Orwell is very critical of torture and the type of governments that use it. The government portrayed in the book is a totalitarian one which is not afraid to use force to annihilate its enemies. ...

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We have everything we could have ever wanted: prosperity, family, shelter, food, privacy and under normal circumstances, a non-totalitarian government that gives us many freedoms as well as good, honest people. ... The government could suspect a person of unlawful sexual dealings and they would send dispatch an undercover cop pretending to be "just one of the customers". ... He was then turned in by his own daughter for supposedly saying things against the government system in his sleep showing that he had an inner hate against Big Brother. ... Dishonesty from the government in wars past has a...

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