European Totalitarianism During World War I - 1564 Words

After World War I, Europe was unstable and encountered many crises that included financial and economic troubles. Both the United States and Europe went into Depression. As Depression continued, European citizens began to encourage stronger governments due to their beliefs that industrial capitalism and political liberalism were not fitting for their nations. Italy, Germany, and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics had governments that had some form of variance in their authority, but each nation proceeded to establish totalitarian governments. Russia was the first in which a totalitarianism state was established. Totalitarianism allowed the government to control every aspect of citizens’ lives. European totalitarianism experienced both†¦show more content†¦This decree passed all the land, whether it be state, monetary, peasant, church, private, or public, on to those who could cultivate it. As long as one is able to cultivate the land, they were able to maintain p ossession of the land. This is backed by number 4 of the decree stating â€Å"The right to use the land shall be accorded to all citizens (without distinction of sex) desiring to cultivate it by their own labor, with the help of their families, or in partnership, but only as long as they are able to cultivate it.† In the result of disability, a village is able to assist one in the cultivation of their land for up to two years or until they are able to cultivate it again themselves. In the result of old age or permanent disability, one loses their right to the land and also receives a pension from the state. Along with Lenin, Joseph Stalin, the dictator of the USSR from 1929-1953, also highlights the issues he believed were the greatest problems with the â€Å"free market† ideologies of capitalism in â€Å"The Tasks of Business Executives.† Through this source, Stalin talks of the government that they wish to establish in Russia as â€Å"a system which is free o f the incurable diseases of capitalism and which is greatly superior to capitalism† (document 79, page 349). Stalin wished to reform the USSR economy because he recognized distinct issues within the free market ideology. He refers to the issues with the free