A totalitarian government is a place in which no one should ever be forced to live because this type of government controls almost every aspect of life of its citizens. Dictators who control this type of government deprive people of basic human rights, brainwash children into showing no loyalty to their families, and imprison or execute anyone who might pose a remote threat to their party . The government then controls the rest of the population in fear of arrest by the secret state police, whether they have committed or plan to commit a crime. The leaders of these corporations don't care about the well-being of anyone but themselves, and once they gain power, it's usually too late to stop what happens next. A common misconception is that a dictator can never rise to power through improper means. legal. This is not true. Adolf Hitler, the cold-hearted dictator of Germany during World War II, is a near-perfect example of how a dictator can legally form a regime. Hitler became dictator when the Reichstag building was burned down on February 27, 1933, while he was currently the sole leader of Germany. A Dutch communist, Marinus van der Lubbe, was tried and convicted of the crime. Hitler used the country's fear of communism to suspend the German constitution and take executive powers. Some historians believe that a more likely culprit in the Reichstag fire was a Nazi obeying an order from Hitler himself to set the building on fire, allowing him to suspend the German constitution and take executive powers; however, there is no evidence that this happened. So, based on what is provable, Hitler became a dictator by working within the law (“Hitler Becomes Chancellor” para.8). Once a dictator comes to power, he will find himself in the middle of paper.... ..ents: significant events throughout history. Ed. Jennifer Stock. Flight. 4: Europe. Farmington Hills, MI: Gale, 2013. Student Resources in Context. Internet. March 25, 2014. “Germans' barter for goods in response to hyperinflation, 1923.” Historical World Events. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Student Resources in Context. Internet. March 25, 2014. “Göring, Hermann. » Reference library on the Second World War. Ed. Barbara C. Bigelow et al. Flight. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 1999. 82-91. Student resources in context. Internet. March 30, 2014. Langer, Willian L., comp. Encyclopedia of World History. Flight. 2. New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1968. Print. Mosley, Leonard. On borrowed time. New York: Random House, Inc., 1969. Print. Orwell, George. 1984. New York: New American Library, 1948. Print “Political Purges.” Gale Student Resources in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2012. Student Resources in Context. Internet. March 25. 2014.