Curated playlist
Totalitarianism
- TotalitarianismThe word totalitarianism began in 1923 as an insult, and Mussolini's fascists wore it proudly.
- New World Order conspiracy theoryThe New World Order conspiracy theory describes a supposed secret plan to place the whole planet under one totalitarian government. Believers call the plan the New World Order, or NWO. The shared claim is that a secretive power elite with…
- Adolf HitlerAdolf Hitler was rejected twice by Vienna's art academy. He later became dictator of Germany.
- Khmer RougeHours after the Khmer Rouge took Phnom Penh in 1975, residents were told to leave. They never returned.
- Benito MussoliniBenito Mussolini was named after a Mexican president. His socialist father chose the name to honor Benito Juárez.
- Italian fascismItalian fascism took its name from a bundle of sticks.
- TalibanIn August 2021, the Taliban took Kabul's Presidential Palace after President Ashraf Ghani fled.
- Axis powersThe Axis powers got their name from a single phrase Mussolini used in 1936.
- Communist stateNo communist state has ever officially called itself communist. They said they were socialist, still on the way.
- HirohitoEmperor Hirohito's first radio broadcast announced Japan's defeat.
- NazismThe word Nazi began as a taunt for a clumsy Bavarian yokel. In power, the party almost never used it.