Could The United States Become A Totalitarian Nation Today?

It is almost impossible for the United States to become a totalitarian nation today. There are parts of the constitution that were created so the government could never have access to this type of power, the Checks and Balances system prevents this and to become a totalitarian nation, the United States would have to follow all of the factors of fascism.
The Checks and Balances system prevents this because it separates the power among the three branches of government. The power that is controlled in the Checks and Balances system is distributed among the Executive branch, which consists of the President and about 5,000,000 workers, the Legislative Branch which consists of the Senate and House of Representatives and the Judicial Branch which consists of the Supreme Court and Lower Courts. This would prevent the United States from turning into a totalitarian nation because power would not be able to evolve into the control of a single person or group (Davis, Childs).
Term limits also would prevent a person from being in power for too long. Term limits also decrease corruption. Term limits seem to make this less likely because there is less time that a politician can be influenced by the power of the office that they hold. If someone has a lot of power for a long period of time, this may cause them to want more power which would most likely lead to corruption (Weeks).
To become a totalitarian nation, the government (or other regime) must undergo all factors of totalitarianism. One that the United States does not show is disdain for intellectuals and the arts. The United States The government currently funds the arts. Without a strong economy, the government would collapse. For this reason, the government would support intellectuals. The people who hold power in the government  would want there to be knowledgeable and well practiced people in hold of any higher authority job. The government supports the accessibility to this knowledge by  funding colleges. The textbook “A History Of Asia,”describes Hideki Tojo’s rise to totalitarian power.  Japan was considered a totalitarian nation because its government and structure contained all of the factors of a totalitarian government (Murphey).
In conclusion, the United States can not be considered a totalitarian nation today because there are parts of the constitution that were created so the government could never have access to this type of power, the Checks and Balances system prevents this and to become a totalitarian nation, the United States would have to follow all of the factors of fascism.


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