Totalitarianism

Response to lecture series: Visions of Utopia

Totalitarianism limits human nature to it’s social function. An individual is simply a tool for the social order. Despots tend to be idealists, without any concept of individual worth. This is in opposition to the most natural ethical law—that all mature human beings are equal, and deserves to be treated equally. Totalitarianism is for those who participate in society, for full citizens. But any individual citizen can be destroyed for the good of the whole. The idea that every human organism is a society in and of itself, deserving of respect and freedom to do good is unknown. This is to not see humanity as God created them, and is denying the gifts God has granted each individual.