How are human rights violations that you read about in 1984 similar to human rights violations in Stalin’s USSR (Russia)?

Human rights violations are similar in 1984 by George Orwell and Stalin’s USSR. They both have a similar type of government called totalitarianism. During Stalin’s rule, Soviet totalitarianism was often characterized by terror, intimidation, repression, economic inefficiency, lies, enforced orthodoxy, dogmatism. It’s the same type of situation in 1984. Big Brother is the government and is in control of almost everyone. For example, they limited the rights of the people in Oceania.

In 1984, Big Brother and the party would control everything to stay in power. The citizens had no rights at all. Any discussion of this ideology was considered a opinion. In 1984, it would be considered a thoughtcrime. Mr. Parson said "DOWN WITH BIG BROTHER" in his sleep. His daughter reported him to the Thought Police. Power was secured in Russia not only through terror and intimidation, but also through propaganda and lies and through control of the economy, media, and educational system.

There are differences in the two regimes. In Russia, communist totalitarianism has been succeeded by electoral democracy. In 1984, It’s even more worse than Russia. Big brother was always in power and there was no stopping it. The dystopian novel is warning about the menaces of totalitarianism. The novel is set in an imaginary future world that is dominated by totalitarian state of Big Brother.

The thought police of Oceania and the secret police of Stalin were similar. The secret police would keep documents on every man, woman, and child. If they try to rebel or was a threat to Stalin’s power, they were thrown in a Gulag ( labor camp ) similar to the Ministry of Love in the book 1984. They were killed in the camps by sickness, cold, cruel torture, or starvation just like in 1984. The death penalty was considered by the secret police. Collectivization in Russia government created famine in the country. However in 1984, there was not much food in Oceania. They were at war to keep low surplus of food. For decades, though, the Soviet totalitarians and the party members of Big Brother like O’Brien were comfortable, and well-fed.

In order to maintain Stalin’s totalitarianism, they restricted rights of people. They were manipulated into propaganda and lies. The silent force of the Soviet regime created, built, and populated a nation by persecution and despotism and hid it behind the walls of their camps. Big Brother’s totalitarianism of Oceania stayed in power controlling the lives of people with the doublethinking.