Authoritarian Capitalism
Model that combines a market economy and private property with a closed political regime, in which the state guarantees order, growth, and stability while restricting civil liberties and political competition.
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In one sentence
I want a market economy with private property, under a closed state that guarantees order and growth by restricting political competition.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Very strong · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Nationalist
Intervention
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Balanced
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 90% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 14
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Control
On Control, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 64This ideology 53
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Lee Kuan Yew
Founder of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew transformed the city-state into a model of authoritarian capitalism, uniting open markets, technocratic meritocracy, strict order, and heavily restricted political freedoms.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyMohammed bin SalmanStatesman96%
SociallyHumberto Castelo BrancoMilitary officer and statesman95%
EconomicallyGalileo GalileiPhysicist and astronomer98%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsJulius CaesarMilitary leader96%
PoliticsNapoleon IIIEmperor95%
PoliticsPark Chung-heeDictator95%
PoliticsMohammad Reza PahlaviLast Shah of Iran94%
PoliticsChiang Kai-shekMilitary officer and statesman94%
PoliticsEmperor MeijiEmperor of Japan94%
PoliticsMarshal Deodoro da FonsecaMilitary officer and statesman94%
PoliticsNayib BukeleStatesman94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Singapore
One-party liberal technocracyAn Asian city-state, Singapore is a parliamentary republic dominated by a single party, combining open capitalism, efficient technocratic management, strict order, and limited political freedoms in the name of progress.
Other close countries
Turkey
National-religious authoritarianismA presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyEl SalvadorSecurity-digital republic93%
SociallyUnited Arab EmiratesRentier-diversified federation93%
EconomicallyJapanConservative-technological monarchy98%
The most distant
Park Chung Hee's South Korea
1961–1979Under Park Chung Hee, South Korea combined military-authoritarian rule, rigid anti-communism, social discipline, and state planning aimed at export-led industrialization, building the major chaebols and preparing the country's technological rise.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRhodesia1965–197995%
SociallyNapoleonic Empire1804–181594%
EconomicallyCalvinist Geneva1541–156497%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Militarism
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