Talk:Totalitarian regime

A totalitarian regime is


 * a political regime based on subordination of the individual to the state and strict control of all aspects of the life and productive capacity of the nation especially by coercive measures (as censorship and terrorism)

Totalitarianism is


 * the political concept that the citizen should be totally subject to an absolute state authority (Merriam-Webster definition of totalitarianism)

Some scholars view "totalitarianism" chiefly as a typology (see Totalitarianism). I think this is just a way of changing the subject and challenging any use of the term to link Fascist and Socialist regimes. But what I think doesn't matter. This article must be neutral, describing fairly all major sides of any issue. --Uncle Ed 18:01, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

A nice paper on the topic, relating right-wing Nazi totalitarianism to left-wing totalitarianis is here. I've just started reading it. --Uncle Ed 18:06, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

Reverts
Lapaz, please stop deleting my work with the reverts to 'redirect'. Let's talk about it, look at it, and try to make it work (for at least a week) before deciding to go back to a single article. --Uncle Ed 16:09, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

Ed Poor, stop recreating this article. It is redundant. That we are dealing with a discussion of a certain type of a "regime" is already implied in any discussion of totalitarianism. An article with this given title serves no purpose. 172 | Talk 07:50, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Merge
Has all the info from this article been merged into Totalitarianism? If not, a redirect is premature. --Uncle Ed 13:35, 24 August 2006 (UTC)

Personal remarks inappropriate in edit summary
172 wrote:
 * Ed Poor, you are currently under arbitration for the "creation of POV forks." See Requests for arbitration/Ed Poor 2/Proposed decision. Please stop that habit.

Please stop the habit of being under arbitration? :-) Or please stop creating POV forks?

If you'll show how Totalitarian regime is a POV fork, we can continue this discussion. --Uncle Ed 20:54, 27 September 2006 (UTC)

Ed Poor, this is a clear cut case of a POV fork. A "fork" is a creation of an article treating the same subject as an existing article. "Totalitarianism" always presupposes a "regime," so the subject treated in an article on "totalitarianism" would not be in any way different from the subject treated in an article named "totalitarian regime." Stop recreating this page. 172 | Talk 01:39, 30 September 2006 (UTC)