Eco-Authoritarianism
Current that advocates a strong, interventionist state to confront the environmental crisis, subordinating economic and political freedoms to ecological urgency and strict control of consumption and production.
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In one sentence
I want a society where the state imposes strict limits on consumption and production to halt the ecological crisis, above individual freedoms.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Very strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 81% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 21
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Trade
On Trade, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 63This ideology 75
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
PoliticallyDomenico LosurdoMarxist historian and philosopher92%
SociallyVladimir LeninRevolutionary90%
EconomicallyRui Costa PimentaPolitician100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist90%
EconomicsOskar LangeEconomist90%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer89%
PoliticsLázaro CárdenasStatesman88%
PoliticsThomas SankaraRevolutionary88%
PoliticsSamora MachelGuerrilla leader and statesman86%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader86%
ReligionAuguste ComtePhilosopher86%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
China
One-party industrial socialismA single-party socialist state, China unites the absolute political control of the Communist Party with a state-directed market economy, becoming a global industrial, technological, and geopolitical power.
Other close countries
Cuba
One-party egalitarian socialismA single-party socialist state in the Caribbean, Cuba maintains a planned economy, strong state control, and universal public services, with power centralized since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism84%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism77%
EconomicallyAlgeriaMilitary-backed presidential republic95%
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 Mexico1934–194087%
SociallyMaoist China1949–197688%
EconomicallyGaddafi's Libya1969–2011100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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