This document discusses the characteristics of totalitarianism, comparing it to fascism and communism. Totalitarian governments concentrate power in the hands of a dictator and use secret police and propaganda to control citizens. Fascism believes in social Darwinism and racial competition, unlike communism which aims for equality. Stalin sent Trotsky into exile and used collectivization and the Great Purge to gain power in the Soviet Union, while Hitler rose to power as a dictator in Germany through his secret police force and early attempts to overthrow the government.