4.1 Totalitarianism: Extreme Collectivism/Statism

1. What is communism’s main characteristic? Answer
2. In what way is everybody’s individual rights violated under communism? Answer
3. What is fascism’s main characteristic? Answer
4. In what way does fascism typically violate individual rights to property? Answer
5. Racism, the sacrifice of certain groups to others based on ethnicity, is the crudest and most primitive form of collectivism. Give some historical and current examples of racism on both the traditional political right and left. Answer
6. About how many people were killed by communists and fascists in the 20^th century? Answer
7. Illustrate where fascism and communism fit on a morally right to wrong spectrum. Answer

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