Why totalitarianism always produces mass murders:
The belief in any totalitarian system is that there is some "enemy" that holds back society. Once that enemy is destroyed and purged, society will flourish, or so the cult belief goes.
That doesn't happen, though, because the "enemy" isn't actually the cause of the problem, and purging the "enemy" doesn't build society.
The power, by then vested in the totalitarian state, still operating on the belief that the "enemy" is the problem, always insists that the lack of prosperity is due to the "enemy" remaining, but in hiding.
That hidden "enemy" must then be found and purged. This also fixes nothing and usually starts making things much worse, and the cycle repeats until collapse.
It only works this way every time.
The belief in any totalitarian system is that there is some "enemy" that holds back society. Once that enemy is destroyed and purged, society will flourish, or so the cult belief goes.
That doesn't happen, though, because the "enemy" isn't actually the cause of the problem, and purging the "enemy" doesn't build society.
The power, by then vested in the totalitarian state, still operating on the belief that the "enemy" is the problem, always insists that the lack of prosperity is due to the "enemy" remaining, but in hiding.
That hidden "enemy" must then be found and purged. This also fixes nothing and usually starts making things much worse, and the cycle repeats until collapse.
It only works this way every time.
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