HIST 1007 Lecture : 4/1 The World In Depression And Totalitarianism (Lecture Notes)
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In western europe, u. s, it regulates economy more: great depression will was the the state increasing power everywhere, dictatorship elsewhere, germany, soviet union establish totalitarian states, but goals are completely different. What is totalitarnism: tech favors the sate, weaponry: tanks airplane, advanced organization, media: central printer or broadcaster. Media is centralized: economy: big factories, centralized production. In u. s western europe, leaders adhere to democratic tradition: the great depression. Money withdrawn from economy: world trade significantly declines, global investment falls, unemployment worldwide skyrockets, 25% in the u. s, 30%+ in germany, mant other countries, new deal. Social security: minimum wage, glass-steagall, works progress administration. "i think this would be a good time for a beer" Minor in imagined offenses get you sent to labor camps: gulag, state enslaved part of its population, gulag are different then nazi camp, most leave it alive, 1936-1938: stalin killed off original bolsheviks. Slaves, jews there but must be removed: nazi germany: hitler"s rise.
