Maybe totalitarianism is a reaction by a government which considers itself under threat by groups of people that it alienated. I believe that people, like everything , are bipolar in nature. Not the disease but the natural fact that for any opinion there will be an equal and opposite opinion by someone else. So the positive job of government is to consolidate the opposing opinions into one “patriotic” common cause. Look at us right now. Both sides at a 50-50% split. Half want liberty and justice for all and the other “please Big Brother tell me what to do”.

History is not kind, almost all “governments”, no matter their form, have failed to consolidate their folks. The evil bred into the governments hinders any consolidation, as government by its nature is against 50% of the population. IMHO, the USA is very close to schism due to its Red-Blue split. Reagan and Trump both have used the patriotic “American First” and the flag to try to consolidate the people. Will it work? I wonder if Vegas is betting odds on that conundrum?