The concept of totalitarianism was conceived of and pushed by a number of influential losers who wanted to give their personal vendettas a grand philosophical justification, so this tracks
Western scholars in the aftermath of WW2, trying to find some way to connect the Nazis with the evil commies, and basically invented all that horseshoe theory nonsense in the process. I don't think it was anyone specific, more a general push in western academia to vilify the USSR with a term so vague and meaningless it could be applied to any government.
The concept of totalitarianism was conceived of and pushed by a number of influential losers who wanted to give their personal vendettas a grand philosophical justification, so this tracks
Who? Genuine question.
Western scholars in the aftermath of WW2, trying to find some way to connect the Nazis with the evil commies, and basically invented all that horseshoe theory nonsense in the process. I don't think it was anyone specific, more a general push in western academia to vilify the USSR with a term so vague and meaningless it could be applied to any government.
Hannah Arendt