Socialism
Broad doctrine that advocates social or collective ownership of the means of production and economic planning to overcome capitalist exploitation, accepting both the revolutionary and the reformist road to get there.
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In one sentence
I want a society without exploitation, with collective means of production and economic planning replacing the capitalist market.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Immigration
Leans further toward multiculturalism than 88% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 50This ideology 18
Of all the axes, Immigration is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Representation
On Representation, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 58This ideology 63
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Karl Marx
A German philosopher and economist, Marx created historical materialism and the critique of capitalism, analyzing class struggle and the exploitation of labor, and became the greatest reference of socialism and communism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyOtto NeurathPhilosopher and economist99%
SociallyJosé DirceuPolitician and activist98%
EconomicallyJean-Paul SartrePhilosopher100%
Other compatible profiles
Political theoryNick SrnicekPolitical theorist97%
PoliticsSalvador AllendeStatesman97%
Intellectual lifePablo PicassoPainter97%
ActivismRui Costa PimentaPolitician95%
ActivismKarl LiebknechtRevolutionary95%
Political theoryAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist94%
PhilosophySlavoj ŽižekPhilosopher94%
Political theoryFriedrich EngelsRevolutionary theorist94%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Sweden
Social-democratic monarchyA Nordic parliamentary monarchy, Sweden is a benchmark of social democracy, with a broad welfare state, high taxes, strong social equality, and an open, innovative market economy combined with progressive values.
Other close countries
Argentina
Federal national-popular republicA South American presidential federal republic, Argentina swings between Peronism and liberal reforms, with strong unions, public universities and healthcare, a protectionist tradition, farm exports, advanced civil rights and recurring inflation crises.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyUruguaySecular-progressive republic88%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism91%
EconomicallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism98%
The most distant
Allende's Chile
1970–1973Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194087%
SociallyParis Communemarço–maio de 187196%
EconomicallyKádár's Hungary1956–198998%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Left-Wing Technocracy
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Democratic Socialism
Current that seeks to move beyond capitalism through elections, with social ownership of large firms, cooperatives and workplace democracy, rejecting both the vanguard party and mere social democratic management of the market.
Closest in other spectrums
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Marxist Socialism
Marx's original doctrine, analyzing history as class struggle and predicting capitalism's overcoming through proletarian revolution, with abolition of private ownership of the means of production and strong criticism of religion.
- Radical Left
Communism
Final stage theorized by Marx and Engels: a classless, stateless society without private ownership of the means of production, with collective production and distribution according to need, superseding capitalism and the transitional socialist phase.
- Center
Civic Nationalism
Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
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