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A British mathematician and logician, he cracked the Nazi Enigma code at Bletchley Park and laid the theoretical foundations of computing (Turing Machine, Turing Test). Prosecuted for homosexuality in 1952, chemically castrated, he died in 1954; posthumously pardoned in 2013.
Political axes
Alan Turing leans further toward liberty than 90% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Power is where Alan Turing stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Alan Turing sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current inspired by John Maynard Keynes that accepts markets and liberal democracy but gives the state the task of managing demand, with countercyclical public spending, full employment as a goal and a mixed economy.
Current formulated by Srnicek and Williams that seeks to accelerate automation and reclaim technology for the left, advocating the end of work, universal basic income and shorter working hours toward a post-capitalism of abundance.
Current that unites market capitalism and globalized trade with a robust welfare state, advocating progressive morality, secularism, and democratic institutions, in the Nordic social model.
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FeudalismFar-Right26%
A French Enlightenment philosopher, Condorcet championed civil rights, legal equality, and women's suffrage, linking political liberalism to universalist reforms and confidence in the progress of human reason.
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A South American presidential republic, Uruguay is recognized for solid democracy, strong secularism, broad social rights, and progressive policies, pairing institutional stability with a market economy.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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