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Experiencing and observing state violence in the totalitarian system - Some aspects of the impact on the dignity of citizens today

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  • Sula Klara

    (University of Tirana, Albania)

  • Shametaj Irmela

    (University of Tirana, Albania)

  • Anxhaku Adriana

    (University of Tirana, Albania)

Abstract

Totalitarian regimes play with human life by minimizing its value not only in the space of their existence, but also many decades later in the generations that grow up from parents who lived in dictatorship. The fear sown by them rules like a black shadow in many citizens, which is expressed in their submissive relations with the state and other authorities, in the lack of revolt and self-organization when their rights are violated. This fear is also expressed in the non-use of the right to speech and protest, since they themselves or someone from their family may leave their workplace when working in the central or local administration, when they or their family members may not be able to receive subsidies for their business or agricultural production. All these features that characterize the period of transition to consolidated democracy are also known to the authoritarian leaders of Southeast Europe who, although they express themselves in favor of democracy, are able to use all these early mechanisms to stay in power as long as possible. By destroying human dignity and instilling fear in people, the dictator questions many genuine human values, and tries to turn man into a submissive body and mind.

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  • Sula Klara & Shametaj Irmela & Anxhaku Adriana, 2025. "Experiencing and observing state violence in the totalitarian system - Some aspects of the impact on the dignity of citizens today," Academic Journal of Business, Administration, Law and Social Sciences, Sciendo, vol. 11(1), pages 111-119.
  • Handle: RePEc:vrs:ajbals:v:11:y:2025:i:1:p:111-119:n:1009
    DOI: 10.2478/ajbals-2025-0009
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