Authoritarian Liberalism
Current that combines a market economy, private property, trade openness, and technocracy with low democratic participation, holding that a strong, efficient state should preserve order, stability, and growth.
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In one sentence
I want a market and technocratic economy, with low democratic participation, under a strong state that guarantees order and growth.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Nationalist
Intervention
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 86% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 16
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Morality
On Morality, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 43This ideology 45
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
PoliticallyAlberto FujimoriPresident of Peru94%
SociallyJack MaEntrepreneur94%
EconomicallyBenjamin ConstantPolitical philosopher100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsOda NobunagaDaimyo and unifier of Japan91%
EconomicsRoberto CamposEconomist and diplomat91%
PoliticsHenry KissingerDiplomat90%
BusinessAlex KarpEntrepreneur89%
PoliticsDeng XiaopingStatesman89%
PoliticsNapoleon IIIEmperor89%
Intellectual lifeVictor GaoCommentator and academic89%
Intellectual lifeSalvador DalíSurrealist painter88%
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
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.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVietnamOne-party reformist socialism87%
SociallyHong Kong (China)Technocratic-financial region92%
EconomicallyLebanonConfessional-fragmented republic100%
The most distant
Fujimori's Peru
1990–2000Under Alberto Fujimori, Peru combined a self-coup and the closing of Congress with neoliberal shock reforms, privatisations and trade liberalisation, alongside a dirty war against the Shining Path marked by massacres and forced sterilisations.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAssad's Syria2000–202487%
SociallyRenaissance Florence1115–153285%
EconomicallyDutch Republic (United Provinces)1581–179598%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Left
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- Third Position
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