Totalitarianism+Mao+and+Stalin


 * Mao**
 * **Use of Technology**
 * Printing and distribution of the Little Red Book
 * Printing of propaganda posters, billboards, etc.
 * **Physical Size of Nation**
 * Around 9 Million People
 * **Use of Terror**
 * Trials for any people opposed to communism. Many were sent to labor camps or were executed.
 * Failures of the Great Leap Forward left many dead due to starvation.


 * Stalin**
 * **Use of Technology**
 * Photographs were edited to remove people who had fallen from favor
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 * **Physical Size of Nation**
 * About 70 million
 * **Use of Terror**
 * Stalin increased the size and power of the secret police. Secret police carried out many murders on Stalin's orders; for example the murder of Leon Trotsky.
 * The Great Purge (1930s): purge Russia of those accused of terrorism, treason, sabotage, etc. People were executed, sent to Gulags, or exiled. The military was a particularly big target of the purge.

Both Mao and Stalin purged the military and government of any potential opponents. Those found guilty were executed or taken to labor camps in both cases. Both used technology as a way to advance the spread of their propaganda.
 * Similarities**

The physical size of Russia is much larger than China both in terms of land area and population. It would have therefore been harder for Stalin to consolidate and maintain power over so many people.
 * Differences**