Malthusian Environmentalism
Environmental current inspired by Garrett Hardin that links population pressure to the depletion of common resources. It favours collectively enforced limits on resource use and policies to curb population growth.
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In one sentence
I want to preserve limited resources through firm rules for the commons and limits on population growth.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Balanced
Structure
- Balanced
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Very strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward assimilation than 92% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 88
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 55
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Garrett Hardin
An American ecologist, Hardin popularized the Tragedy of the Commons, arguing that shared resources degrade without control, a thesis that influenced debates on the environment, property, and population control.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyArthur SchopenhauerPhilosopher85%
SociallyMustafa Kemal AtatürkStatesman88%
EconomicallyRichard NixonPresident of the United States99%
Other compatible profiles
PhilosophySocratesPhilosopher85%
ReligionConfuciusPhilosopher83%
Political theoryPentti LinkolaRadical ecologist83%
PoliticsGeorge WashingtonStatesman and military leader82%
PoliticsMaximilien RobespierreRevolutionary79%
PoliticsSun Yat-senStatesman79%
PoliticsCarl Gustaf Emil MannerheimMarshal and statesman78%
Intellectual lifeMax WeberSociologist78%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
United States
Liberal-federal republicA global power and presidential federal republic, the United States combines a strong liberal tradition, a dynamic market economy, technological innovation, and a two-party system that polarizes national political life.
Other close countries
Japan
Conservative-technological monarchyAn Asian parliamentary monarchy, Japan unites tradition and high technology, with an advanced market economy, an aging society, and stable conservative politics, maintaining constitutional pacifism and strong global economic weight.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyBhutanBuddhist-conservationist monarchy84%
SociallyFranceSocial-republican republic82%
EconomicallyNigeriaFederal presidential republic96%
The most distant
Sankara's Burkina Faso
1983–1987Under Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso combined food self-sufficiency, mass vaccination and literacy campaigns, women's emancipation, rejection of foreign debt, and a frontal break with French neocolonialism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194078%
SociallyKingdom of Prussia1701–191881%
EconomicallyMeiji Japan1868–191299%
The most distant
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