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Could a totalitarian state be run by a group? Some sort of council or committee where no one individual holds all the power? Or is the notion of one man with all the power absolutely essential to a totalitarian government?

The situation I'm imagining is analogous to this: the Axis wins a minor victory in WW2 but Nazi Germany continues to exist. Around 1948-1950 Hitler dies. No one can ever really succeed the Führer -- the Führer, after all, was sent by Providence and there will never be another like him. There are rivalries among the elite, and no one person can secure power, so they decide to share it.

That's not the only scenario, just an example.
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