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The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama champions nonviolence, Tibetan autonomy through the middle way, democratization of the exiled community, and dialogue between science and religion.
Political axes
Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) leans further toward pacifist than 99% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Applies the Dharma to politics: Ashoka's righteous king, Schumacher's Buddhist economics, Buddhadasa's Dhammic socialism and Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. It prioritizes nonviolence, moderate consumption, community and harmony with nature.
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
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.
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National SocialismThird Position32%
An Austrian Jewish philosopher, Buber developed the philosophy of dialogue, summed up in the I–Thou relationship, and championed a communitarian, humanist socialism, influencing religious thought and cultural Zionism.
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The revolutionary government that held Paris for 72 days in 1871, the Commune established direct democracy with recallable mandates, workers' self-management of workshops, separation of Church and state, and equal pay, becoming a symbol of communal socialism.
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