Doing Business in a Country with a Totalitarian Government
Doing Business in a Country with a Totalitarian Government
A totalitarian government can be defined as a form of government that theoretically permits no individual freedom and that seeks to subordinate all aspects of the individuals life to the authority of the government. (britannica.com) All government activity is administered by one single person, a dictator, or by a small group of people who serve with loyalty to the dictator. Totalitarian dictatorships strive to be in control over all the aspects of private and public behavior by influencing all of society toward all the common goals and policies of the government.
When thinking of a totalitarian government a good example that comes to mind would be North Korea. They have a dictator that rules every aspect of the citizens lives. There is propaganda all over the place from the television to the text books that suggest that nothing is more important than the dictator. The citizens are not even allowed to have in their possession any magazines that are not government issued and are not allowed to have cell phones either. I learned all of this one day when there was a special on Oprah, and they had a correspondent go into North Korea.
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