Hitler+and+Mao,+Forms+of+governmnet+control

I.  Forms of Government Control by Single Party State Leaders 1. All powerful government positions are held by members of that single party. 2. The party’s head has power over all branches of government. 3. New government policies and programs open in economic, social, educational and security offices. 4. Use of intimidation and terror by using secret police and judicial systems to locate and punish who go against the government. [don’t even trust your family] 5. Use of propaganda and media control in order to control people’s behaviors and attitudes. II. Mao 1. Mao’s position was dictator of China and he called himself ‘Chairman of the Peoples Republic and Communist Party’. He gave government positions to members of his party only. 2. Mao allowed some debate over his initial policies, but he always made the official decision and chose to adhere to his own version of communist ideology. 3. Members either followed Mao or were expelled from the Party, and most likely tried and killed for opposition to Party. 4. Mao employed several policies throughout his government, including the Great Leap Forward (1958) and the Cultural Revolution (1966). Both of these involved social, educational and agricultural advances and equalize the classes. 5. After the revolution Land owners were persecuted and the peasants took over their property and in result the Red Guard was formed in order to promote socialism and denounce capitalism in China. This also led to a suppression of those opposed to Mao, called counterrevolutionaries, who were considered enemies of the republic of china. 6. Mao used a cult of personality and his appearance in order to bring the Chinese people together. He used his own idea of communism, the Red Book in order to make the people bend to his propaganda.  II. Hitler 1. Hitler banned all political parties except the National Socialists in order for Germany to become a single party state. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">2. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">The civil service was purged: all Jews and other suspected enemies of the state were removed. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">3. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Trade unions were disbanded, their funds confiscated and all of their leaders were arrested. They were replaced by the German Labour Front (Mandatory) the government met with all complaints, and strikes were made illegal. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">4. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> The education system was now more closely watched, and began to brainwash children of the “superiority” of Nazi Germany. Boys were forced to join the Hitler Youth by age 14, and a similar program was established for Girls called the League of German Maidens. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">5. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">All communications and the Media were controlled by the Minister of Propaganda Dr. Joseph Goebbels. By 1934 over 400o books were on the forbidden list because they were un-German (Communist, support of Jews, etc) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">6. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Religion was brought under state control. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; msoansilanguage: EN; msobidifontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msofareastfontfamily: 'Georgia Ref'; msolist: Ignore;">7. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Nazi Germany was above all a police state, assisted by the SS and Gestapo, their main goal was to prevent all open opposition to the regime. The law courts were often unjust, and enemies of the state rarely received a fair trial. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Georgia Ref'; font-size: 14pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thesis: Both Hitler and Mao were similar in the way they established government control because both of them used intense and glorifying propaganda, and totalitarian rule in order to control almost every aspect of life in their respected countries.