"More than a half a century ago, I was privileged to take the last course Hans J. Morgenthau taught at the . Among the many wise things he said that have remained with me in the years since was his relating of an anecdote about the difference between democracy, authoritarianism and totalitarianism. Morgenthau said that there were of course many differences but he insisted that the key one was this: in a democratic political system, everything not prohibited is permitted; in an authoritarian regime, everything that [is] not permitted is prohibited; and in a totalitarian one, everything permitted is compulsory."
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, "Putin’s Russia Moving toward One Definition of Totalitarianism where Everything Permitted is Compulsory, Grashchenkov Suggests", Window on Eurasia (October 20, 2024)
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