Which belief is common to both 17th century absolutism and 20th century totalitarianism?

The thought that dissenters are dangerous and should be punished was a is common belief to both the 17th-centrury absolutism and 20th-century totalitarianism.

To add, the term absolutism may refer to: Absolute monarchy, a governing body in which a monarch rules freely, with no laws or legally organized opposition; especially used to describe the period c.

On the other hand, totalitarianism is a system of government that is centralized and dictatorial and requires complete subservience to the state

the answer is d because for c the actors can't love acting for the other's audience their not even in the same show, it can't be b either because the question is talking about the actors not the audience, and it can't be a because   it's not specific enough