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You have a fair point here, but the person I am arguing with instead claims that no 'right wing government' (by their definition, which seems to mean religious in some sense) can be totalitarian. I'm claiming that a theocracy could be a totalitarian state, and would also be right wing.

I'd have to agree with you there (hence I purposely avoided referencing them). Other than Iran hating us, it is a much better society than Saudia Arabia. I'd dump the Saudis for the Persians in a hot second if I thought the US could get away with it. Okay, in that case, you are using a special...

You could layer a moral philosophy on top of that though. I know Rand made an attempt at it. I don't think so. There were god kings, and calvinists, and buddhas, and stoics, all of which held at least some people to be infallible to some degree. Also, your use of the term 'legitimate religion'...

But there are definitely religions where the leaders do believe they know god's intent. To you, these are heretics, but you would be a heretic to them. This seems like a no true scotsman fallacy. As for your definition of right wing, it doesn't align with the usual definition. Maybe use...

Tolitarianism, from what I'm aware of, is more that the government controls all aspects of life, not necessarily people. If the people in charge of the government really consider themselves to be divinely guided, that would give rise to a right wing totalitarianism. But I also think your...

It depends on what ideology the state proposes. Totalitarianism is a system with total state control, but sorta ideologically meaningless. If it supports a theocratic ideal, then that's pretty right wing, even by this standard. In addition, I wouldn't say that god is a necessity to be right wing.