HIS242H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Totalitarianism, Great Purge, Left Opposition
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French revolution destroyed the political system and started the experiment where the people were supposed to be the sovereign. After the fall of napoleon, the major powers tried to return to the old system: this did(cid:374)"t (cid:449)ork, people enjoyed the changes of the french revolution. Industrialization created a new type of society and a new way of life. As the major powers got wealthier they wished to expand. As a result of this desire for power, ww1 happened. Do whate(cid:448)er you (cid:449)a(cid:374)t (cid:271)ut do(cid:374)"t get i(cid:374) the state"s (cid:449)ay: parliamentary democracy (survived in the west) Vienna (where hitler was living) was a very anti-semitic environment. Apart fro(cid:373) this he did(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e (cid:373)u(cid:272)h glo(cid:271)al interest: people were more free so long as they did not get in the way of the state, freedom of speech, film, expression etc. Authoritarian systems: many states wanted democracy.
