Provided that all of the above requirements are met, including in particular the ruthless suppression of dissent and the maintenance of a strong propaganda apparatus, our analysis indicates that the totalitarian socialist system is relatively stable cybernetically, at least when compared with a mixed economy (). Of course, its end results are clearly inimical to the objective values of human beings, as we developed and elaborated the concept of objective value in Sections 2 and 3. Although such a régime is fragile in some ways, it does not necessarily entail forces that drive it toward some other form or state (i. e., that cause it to evolve into something other than totalitarian socialism), in contrast to the mixed-economy system. The stability of totalitarian socialism is only internal, since since systems may be vulnerable to external forces. A totalitarian régime could conceivably be defeated by an underground resistance, for instance, particularly if the latter receives foreign assistance. The suppression of such resistance becomes the chief role of the secret police, and the power of that police is determined to a large extent by available technology. Because the totalitarian régimes of the last hundred years have enjoyed access to more advanced technologies, the totalitarian governments of that period have been notoriously oppressive, making most of the autocracies of earlier centuries seem relatively innocuous in comparison.     

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