Could Totalitarianism Come to America?

Does totalitarianism look different in different regimes?  What would a totalitarian regime look like in America?  What would the object of perfection be?  As we think back to the occurrences of 9/11/2001, we can see the many changes that have occurred in our country in the last ten years.  It appears that the loss of our rights are given up in order to have the illusion of safety. We have given up our rights, for safety sake. Is freedom being taken away in the name of security?  Has the meaning of America changed from the land of the brave, to the land of the safe?  These were the questions asked in the introduction to Totalitarianism.  It is gonna be a very interesting journey.  We will study the aspects of totalitarianism from history in Germany, Italy, and the Soviet Union.  Then we will apply the ideologies and take a good, hard look at America.