It’s much older than that, and an outgrowth of both propaganda and the degree to which those governments really did pioneer various methods of social control. This may have simply been timing. The widespread adoption of radio and movies suddenly made it a lot easier to influence society.
Beyond that they really just took things much further, it’s hard to find direct parallels to the scale and influence on society of say the Hitler Youth in the 1800’s or before.
History is full of dictators and political purges, but before this they focused on those with actual power.
Beyond that they really just took things much further, it’s hard to find direct parallels to the scale and influence on society of say the Hitler Youth in the 1800’s or before.
History is full of dictators and political purges, but before this they focused on those with actual power.