Totalitarianism is when the government tries to have control over all aspects of human life, as seen in North Korea today. Orwell is against the idea of totalitarianism as it oppresses the lower classes and oppresses individuals for the needs of the state. This totalitarianism is what builds the scheme of the Soviet Union by diminishing the working class and maximizing the power of “mental workers.” The “mental workers” are pigs and represent the most educated nucleus of the Soviet Union and animal farms. Orwell first had the idea of criticizing all acts of totalitarianism, as he believed in the freedom of the working class. Since the working class had no power to oppose the revolution, this idea functioned as a governmental approach for many years and is still adopted in many parts of the world to control public opinion and maintain it
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