Roger Griffin’s text gives a great and clear overview of what defines totalitarianism and authoritarianism. The main three points to recognise a totalitarian mass dictatorship by are: (1) the utopian ideal of creating a new type of society and a new type of ‘man’ through a revolution that spans across the political, cultural as well as the anthropological sphere, (2) deployment of tactics such as coercion, social control and going as far as terrorising and mass persecuting individuals or groups that could be labelled as threats to the utopian ideals, (3) displays of power characteristic to the regime with the intention to sacralise the new society and establish a new mentality. On the other hand, an authoritarian mass dictatorship has no intention to change or revolutionise the masses through an ideal. They differ primarily in their aims as the latter is caused not by the drive to create a new society/man but by maintaining the power of the elite who has had it from the start. The ritualistic displays of power characteristic to an authoritarian mass dictatorship are lacking the religious fanaticism aspect and are meant to cause fear and disempowerment to the masses. Any power the pleb could have is only illusionary just so they remain content.