Labourism
Current that defends workers' interests within democracy, promoting labor rights, social security, strong unions, and income distribution through reforms and the welfare state.
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In one sentence
I want a society where strong unions and the welfare state guarantee labor rights and income distributed through democracy.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Balanced
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Leaning · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward democracy than 78% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 58This ideology 80
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Immigration
On Immigration, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 50This ideology 50
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Leonel Brizola
A Brazilian politician, Brizola was one of the great names of labourism, defending nationalism, social reforms, public education, and workers' rights, with strong activity before and after the dictatorship.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyCiro GomesPolitician95%
SociallyJoão GoulartStatesman97%
EconomicallyCelso FurtadoEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsJuscelino KubitschekStatesman94%
ActivismMalcolm XActivist92%
PhilosophyMichael SandelPolitical philosopher92%
PoliticsEnéas CarneiroPolitician92%
PoliticsKeir HardiePolitician91%
PoliticsGeraldo AlckminVice President of Brazil91%
PoliticsBenjamin DisraeliStatesman90%
EconomicsWilliam BeveridgeEconomist90%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Brazil
Social-developmentalist republicThe largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
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
- PoliticallyBrazilSocial-developmentalist republic91%
SociallyBoliviaPlurinational-popular republic91%
EconomicallyBelarusStatist-personalist autocracy100%
The most distant
Weimar Republic
1919–1933Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAllende's Chile1970–197387%
SociallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194087%
EconomicallySankara's Burkina Faso1983–198799%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Left
- Left
Social-Developmentalism
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
- Left
Christian Labourism
Branch that combines the defense of workers and social justice with Christian values, promoting labor rights, solidarity, and social protection within democracy, inspired by the social doctrine of the Church.
- Left
Left-Wing Populism
Current that mobilizes the people against economic elites, defending redistribution, public control, national sovereignty, plebiscitary democracy, and broad social policy in popular anti-establishment language.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Christian Democracy
Centrist current that applies Christian values to democratic politics, defending the social market economy, family, solidarity, and the common good as the foundation of free and pluralist institutions.
- Center
Eco-Nationalism
Current that links environmental protection to national sovereignty, prioritizing the protection of the country's own natural resources and land and sustainable development within national borders.
- Center
National Developmentalism
Current that advocates industrialization, national sovereignty, and strategic state planning, seeking to modernize the economy through public investment, productive protection, and coordination between government, science, and national companies.
The most distant ideology
Right-Wing AccelerationismFar-Right40%