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A precursor of technocracy, Saint-Simon proposed an industrial society governed by scientists, engineers, and producers instead of politicians and aristocrats, influencing later socialism and positivism.
Political axes
Henri de Saint-Simon leans further toward progressive than 79% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Henri de Saint-Simon stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Henri de Saint-Simon sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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The closest among the 243 ideologies
Early 19th-century current that envisioned an industrial society reorganized by rational planning, led by scientists, engineers and producers, replacing politicians and aristocrats without appealing to class struggle or revolution.
Current inspired by Auguste Comte that trusts science and reason to organize society, defending order, progress, and technical administration guided by knowledge in place of metaphysics and tradition.
Model that combines socialist planning with scientific management of the economy, entrusting expert committees, rather than elections or party competition, with the rational organization of production and the egalitarian distribution of society's resources.
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FeudalismFar-Right34%
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.
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