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This seems to be your personal definition of "totalitarian". From what I understand of the consensus of actual political scientists, North Korea has been totalitarian for decades and Russia and China both now pass the bar too (since the Ukraine invasion and Xi's tech authoritarian ramp-up, respectively).
Difficult to finish a sentence with condescension level at this pitch.
I assure you it is not. North Korea is definitely totalitarian but neither Russia nor China is. They're on their way to be, but aren't. Especially Russia was a very long way from being totalitarian until, as you said, the invasion of Ukraine.
I'm sorry, it was not meant to be condescending. I just wanted to point out that you held two different standards between different authoritarian regimes and that you might want to figure out why to come to a better conclusion, my bad.
Who cares what you assure me? We're talking about definitions. Yours are not those of the people who study these things closely.
Well fuck you mate. My field of study is political science and I can tell that yours isn't.