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A Royal Navy officer and cartographer, Cook led three scientific expeditions to the Pacific, charted New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, claimed lands in the name of the Crown, fought scurvy and died in a clash with Hawaiians.
Political axes
James Cook leans further toward free market than 75% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where James Cook stands furthest from the rest.
On Diplomacy, James Cook sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 243 ideologies
Pragmatic branch that prioritizes fiscal adjustment, economic stability, and governability through broad coalitions, accepting market reforms and political concessions in the name of short- and medium-term results.
Conservative branch that defends order, tradition, and institutions without grounding them in religion, supporting cultural values and social stability with secular, historical, and pragmatic arguments.
Political stance that judges proposals by the practical results they produce rather than fidelity to an ideological dogma, combining market measures, regulation, and social policy according to evidence and each problem's context.
The most distant ideology
CommunalismAnarchist36%
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