Totalitarian rule is not monolithic but deliberately overlapping, held by a Führer-principle

Evidence

As techniques of government, the totalitarian devices appear simple and ingeniously effective. They assure not only an absolute power monopoly, but unparalleled certainty that all commands will always be carried out; the multiplicity of the transmission belts, the confusion of the hierarchy, secure the dictator’s complete independence of all his inferiors and make possible the swift and surprising changes in policy for which totalitarianism has become famous. The body politic of the country is shock-proof because of its shapelessness. — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 922 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: The leader principle is totalitarian only through its organizational function.; Totalitarian rule deliberately multiplies offices and conceals the true seat of power; Totalitarian rule operates as perpetual movement, not as settled government (+5 more)

Related

• Confused hierarchies make totalitarian rule shock-proof and command-certain (similarity 0.87)
• Appointment from above matters more than unlimited authority for totalitarian stability (similarity 0.86)
• Totalitarian elites obey vague orders meant to convey intent, not explicit commands (similarity 0.85)
• The leader principle is totalitarian only through its organizational function. (similarity 0.84)
• Deliberate administrative chaos absorbs opposition and enables rule without visible change (similarity 0.84)
• Totalitarian rule removes all reliable mediating levels between ruler and ruled (similarity 0.84)
• Hierarchical structures resist totalitarian power and therefore do not constitute it. (similarity 0.82)
• Overlapping, competing offices make totalitarian opposition nearly impossible to organize (similarity 0.82)
• Totalitarian leaders differ from despots in being genuinely unconstrained (similarity 0.82)
• Totalitarian rule deliberately multiplies offices and conceals the true seat of power (similarity 0.81)
• Totalitarian government is not monolithic but a shapeless dual authority of party and state (similarity 0.81)
• Totalitarian government differs categorically from dictatorship and tyranny (similarity 0.81)
• Nazi power structures overlapped deliberately, letting subordinates challenge rival fiefdoms. (similarity 0.81)
• Totalitarian loyalty rests on organizational infallibility, not the Leader’s (similarity 0.80)
• Totalitarian rule obeys suprapositive laws of Nature or History while defying all positive laws. (similarity 0.80)

Broader Connections

• Confused hierarchies make totalitarian rule shock-proof and command-certain #corroborates (0.80) — Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism, 922
• Totalitarian rule operates as perpetual movement, not as settled government #qualifies (0.75)
• Totalitarian rule must not be explained as Weberian charismatic leadership #expands (0.75)
• Totalitarianism concentrates state powers in ways traditional despotism could not #expands (0.70) — Anthony Giddens, The Consequences of Modernity, 31