Totalitarian twins

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The term "Totalitarian Twins" was used by François Furet[1] to link Communism [2] and Fascism.[3]

Fascism and totalitarianism

  • Max Eastman, an early communist who later saw the light and rejected communism, wrote in his 1937 book The End of Socialism in Russia that the Soviet Union was “a totalitarian state not in essence different from that of Hitler and Mussolini.” Eastman later wrote in a subsequent book, Reflections on the Failure of Socialism (1955): “Stalin’s totalitarian police state is not an approximation to, of something like, or in some respects comparable with Hitler’s. It is the same thing, only more ruthless, more cold-blooded, more astute, more extreme in its economic policies, more explicitly committed to world conquest, and more dangerous to democracy and civilized morals.”

Gary M. Grobman wrote:


Michael Parenti both acknowledged and criticized the linkage:


Daniel Singer wrote:



  1. "Furet, borrowing from Hannah Arendt, describes Bolsheviks and Nazis as totalitarian twins, conflicting yet united." (Daniel Singer, The Nation - April 17, 1995)
  2. "The totalitarian nature of Stalin's Russia is undeniable." (Daniel Singer)
  3. "The government of Nazi Germany was a fascist, totalitarian state." (Gary M. Grobman)