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This is all great, but let's stick to definitions when discussing if a country matches one or not. Either disagree with the definition and give your alternative, or disagree with checkpoints in the current one.



Let’s. As outlined above, totalitarian regimes strive to control your private life while authoritarian regimes generally do not. Since you wrote that the difference is unclear to you, I thought I’d explain it.


So what is "control of private life"?




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