It is Nazism turned upside-down, âinverted totalitarianism.â While it is a system that aspires to totality, it is driven by an ideology of the cost-effective rather than of a âmaster raceâ (Herrenvolk), by the material rather than the âideal.â. Inverted totalitarianism reverses things. Whereas in Nazi Germany the state dominated economic actors, in inverted totalitarianism, corporations through political contributions and lobbying, dominate the United States, with the government acting as the servant of large corporations. 2  This is considered normal rather than corrupt.
In 1910, he entered politics, winning a state senate seat as a Democrat in the heavily Republican Dutchess County. In 1913, President Woodrow Wilson named Roosevelt assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy.
Before serving as 26th President of the United States of America, Roosevelt, a Republican, was 25th Vice President. He also previously served as Police Commissioner of New York City, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, and Governor of New York.