NP Orwell's politics

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>Stalinism is to communism
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>(A) capitalism is to Fascism
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>(B) Nazism is to Nationalism
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>(D) Communism is to Marxism
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>(E) Both B&D
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>(F) None of the above
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Hint from the AHD:


fascism:  A system of government marked by centralization of authority under 
a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition 
through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent 
nationalism and racism. b. A political philosophy or movement based on or 
advocating such a system of government. 2. Oppressive, dictatorial control.

capitalism:  An economic system in which the means of production and 
distribution are privately or corporately owned and development is 
proportionate to the accumulation and reinvestment of profits gained in a 
free market.

Marxism:  The political and economic ideas of Karl Marx and Friedrich 
Engels, specifically a system of thought in which the concept of class 
struggle plays a primary role in analyzing Western society in general and in 
understanding its allegedly inevitable development from bourgeois oppression 
under capitalism to a socialist society and thence to Communism.

communism: A theoretical economic system characterized by the collective 
ownership of property and by the organization of labor for the common 
advantage of all members. 2. Communism.a. A system of government in which 
the state plans and controls the economy and a single, often authoritarian 
party holds power, claiming to make progress toward a higher social order in 
which all goods are equally shared by the people. b. The Marxist-Leninist 
version of Communist doctrine that advocates the overthrow of capitalism by 
the revolution of the proletariat.

Nazism: The ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of 
racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy.

nationalism:  Devotion to the interests or culture of a particular nation. 
2. The belief that nations will benefit from acting independently rather 
than collectively, emphasizing national rather than international goals. 3. 
Aspirations for national independence in a country under foreign domination.

Stalinism: The bureaucratic, authoritarian exercise of state power and 
mechanistic application of Marxist-Leninist principles associated with 
Stalin.


Totalitarianism:  Of, relating to, being, or imposing a form of government 
in which the political authority exercises absolute and centralized control 
over all aspects of life, the individual is subordinated to the state, and 
opposing political and cultural expression is suppressed: “A totalitarian 
regime crushes all autonomous institutions in its drive to seize the human 
soul” (Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.).

Orwellianism: Of, relating to, or evocative of the works of George Orwell, 
especially the satirical novel 1984, which depicts a futuristic totalitarian 
state.
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