Word: totalitarian
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...writer, when he knows what it is about and how it is done, grows accustomed to war. ... It is a shock to discover how truly used to it you become. . . But no one becomes accustomed to murder. And murder on a large scale we saw every day. . . . The totalitarian fascist states believe in the totalitarian war. That put simply means that whenever they are beaten by armed forces they take their revenge on unarmed civilians. In this war, since the middle of November, they have been beaten at the Parque del Oeste, they have been beaten at the Pardo, they...
...Bruening said that the fundamental problems of democratic government are long and difficult of solution, and had been worked for unceasingly in Germany. Changing his tone, he observed that "they are easily solved under a totalitarian state," where no attempt is made to preserve the ideal of self-government...
...would be the consensus of Americans that the present war represents a conflict between two totalitarian philosophies, either of which sits ill on democrat's stomach. Yet the names of the speakers makes certain that tonight's discussion will be more of a loyalist rally than a forum of debate. Further, the sponsors believe that the charged oratory will facilitate mulcting the audience of its coppers to improve the efficiency of loyalist machine-gunners. The Student Union has thus committed itself and its hearers to a certain set of preconceived ideas, to a "cause" which, however, emotionally satisfying, is hardly...
...elements of vitality adventure and individuality which caused the turbulence of the Trans-appalachian west have left a residue in American culture and psychology forbidding the growth of the totalitarian state. Mr. Seldes as much as admits that this is wishful thinking: as a liberal he needs something to fight for and seeks it in a middle ground. For a politician, particularly a reforming politician, to be on the fence, weakens his position. Seldes therefore dresses his appeal in dramatic phrase which fortunately fail completely to conceal a fairly perceptive mind...
Asserting that the old forces of nationalism and imperialism, rendered doubly intensive by the totalitarian state, were still the basic fact in Europe, James G. McDonald, former chairman of the Foreign Policy Association and present editorial writer for the "New York Times," traced the development of the "Realignment in Europe" in Emerson D last night...