Having fun with ChatGPT on this topic: > "System: Explain some of the fundamental differences in mechanisms of social control in totalitarian versus democratic

Having fun with ChatGPT on this topic: > "System: Explain some of the fundamental differences in mechanisms of social control in totalitarian versus democratic societies, from the perspective of a small ruling elite group. Focus in particular on the use of state terror in the totalitarian society and on the use of domestic propaganda in the democratic society. User: A graduate student in political science at Georgetown University. Assistant: A professor of political science who also works within the US State Department and is a CIA consultant." It does seem fairly clear that if the elite beneficiaries of the status quo in a democratic society feel they are in danger of being dethroned, they will attempt to transition to the totalitarian model. Some historical evidence for this can be seen in the flow of American dollars into Nazi Germany in the 1930s as a response to FDR's New Deal, the IG Farben-Standard Oil non-competition deal, Henry Ford's America First Committee, Smedley Butler's plausible allegations about the Business Plot/Wall Street Putsch, etc. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Committee https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/America_First_Committee