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A Norwegian philosopher, Næss founded deep ecology, defending the intrinsic value of all life and a radical change of values to reduce human impact and restore harmony between people and nature.
Political axes
Arne Næss leans further toward biology than 98% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Technology is where Arne Næss stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Arne Næss sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Current that attributes intrinsic value to all life and not only to human beings, defending a profound change of values, the reduction of human impact, and respect for the balance of the planet's ecosystems.
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
Movement that places unions and workers' organization at the center of politics, defending collective bargaining, direct action, and labor control over production as the path to working-class emancipation.
The most distant ideology
Authoritarian NeoliberalismRight24%
An Austro-French philosopher, Gorz was a pioneer of political ecology and post-Marxism, criticizing productivism and wage labor and defending shorter working hours and basic income in a freer society.
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An autonomous region in northern Syria, Rojava organizes itself through democratic confederalism, with local self-management, gender equality, ethnic pluralism, and ecology, inspired by the libertarian ideas of Abdullah Öcalan.
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During the Spanish Revolution, regions of Aragon and Catalonia lived an anarchist experiment of collectivizing land and factories, with workers' self-management and social organization without a central state.
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