Hannah Arendt Totalitarianism

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(An evaluation on the descriptions in Hannah Arendt book The Origins of Totalitarianism in respect to North Korea and their actions they use to keep their control.) Born in 1906 a woman named Hannah Arendt grew up in Germany during a time when the government started acting for the betterment of the Human race. She left Germany in 1933 after Hitler took control of Germany. She watched the beginning of the time when Germany’s Ideology began to appear. She watched and lives through a time period where the world was forced into a war. Hitler was fighting for a perfect world, but didn’t care who stood in his way. He convinced the people that killing others was the only way for there to be peace. Arendt watched her home country …show more content…
The number one way to truly control the people is to bring in a religion to justify the actions of the government. “Ideologies pretend to know the mysteries of the whole historical process—the secrets of the past, the intricacies of the present, the uncertainties of the future—because of the logic inherent in their respective ideas.” (pg. 96) The ideology gives explanations to terrible things and in doing so the people accept their fate. A man who grew up within a totalitarian government discussed how people can get away with terrible acts of violence. “A dictator may use a form of religious cult to demand an unquestioning and heartfelt obedience from each individual, or a myth of racial superiority to bind the loyalty of many to one selfish cause. North Korea is no exception in the modern history of totalitarianism.” (Jin-Sung) North Korea is using their religion, Jouche to control their people. Jouche is described as self reliance. North Koreas government justifies the death of foreigners and citizens by telling others that these acts were meant to better human king. The government is perfecting the rave by eliminating the weak people. By using an ideology they can justify the actions and calm the consciences of the
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