Authoritarian Progressivism
Project that imposes progressive social transformations from above, using state power to accelerate changes in customs and equality, even at the cost of individual liberties and organized political opposition.
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In one sentence
I want a society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Nationalist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Very strong · Progressive
Morality
- Balanced
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Morality
Leans further toward progressive than 99% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 43This ideology 93
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 46This ideology 48
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Mustafa Kemal Atatürk
Founder of modern Turkey, Atatürk imposed radical modernization from above, with secularization, a new alphabet, civil rights for women, and developmentalist nationalism, breaking with the Ottoman and religious heritage.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAuguste ComtePhilosopher94%
SociallyDomenico LosurdoMarxist historian and philosopher96%
EconomicallyOskar LangeEconomist99%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist94%
PoliticsSamora MachelGuerrilla leader and statesman93%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer92%
PoliticsVladimir LeninRevolutionary92%
PoliticsHo Chi MinhRevolutionary and statesman91%
EconomicsKarl MarxPhilosopher and economist90%
PoliticsLeon TrotskyRevolutionary90%
PoliticsThomas SankaraRevolutionary90%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
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.
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 authoritarianism87%
SociallyChinaOne-party industrial socialism80%
EconomicallyBelarusStatist-personalist autocracy99%
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
PoliticallyEast Germany1949–199087%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199289%
EconomicallyKádár's Hungary1956–198999%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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