Totalitarian governments promise relief for deprived and desperate people, but in the end are maintained in power by terrorism from above rather than the consent of the governed.

• 极权政府则承诺减轻被剥削的、陷入绝望的人们的痛苦，然而到头来却维持着自上而下的高压统治，而非遵从被统治阶级的意愿。