Czech president and dissident writer Havel's "The Power of the Powerless" has been read and discussed several times recently, hoping to respond to the oppressive state of approaching totalitarianism. For example , "Living in the Truth" taught by Luo Yongsheng and "Living in the Truth" taught by the good youth poisoning room, both benefited me a lot. Through Havel's writings and the reflection of the commentators, I learned about the operation and scourge of totalitarianism, so as to think about the possibility of preserving human nature, morality, and self in a totalitarian society.
Although it is convenient for people to grasp real politics by equating a certainist government with totalitarianism, totalitarianism itself is photo background removing not equal to the political line of a specific government. After all, any government and any ideology have the possibility of becoming totalitarian, but some social and political systems are relatively capable of guaranteeing human rights, freedom and equality. The nature of totalitarianism lies in the profound and persistent destruction of society, the disintegration of value and confidence systems, and the collapse of human nature and morality. At the beginning of totalitarianism, the regime relied on the fear and powerlessness created by the repressive machine. However, as people acquire a sense of learned helplessness and a totalitarian society develops, the role of the repressive machine becomes less and less, and the regulatory cost of the regime becomes lower and lower. Apathy replaces fear as the vitamin of totalitarianism.
People no longer care about the absurdity of totalitarianism, they are too lazy to ridicule or criticize, or even care about their own opinions, they only want to live a life arranged by the regime. By following the rituals of totalitarian society, such as putting up propaganda posters of the regime, individual subjectivity is obliterated. The totalitarian government does not ask the public to know or sincerely believe in its ideology, policies and measures, because even the cadres themselves will not believe these vague and absurd words. The purpose of totalitarian rituals is to transform people's thinking and perception habits, so that people are lazy