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American theoretical physicist who directed the Manhattan Project at Los Alamos, widely regarded as the father of the atomic bomb. After Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he advocated for civilian and international control of nuclear weapons and had his security clearance revoked during McCarthyism (1954).
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J. Robert Oppenheimer leans further toward irreligious than 83% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where J. Robert Oppenheimer stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, J. Robert Oppenheimer sits practically at the catalog median.
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Right-wing progressive branch that unites capitalism and the cult of technological progress with a socially progressive, pragmatic, and secular culture, entrusting society's direction to a technical elite rather than mass democracy.
1990s renewal of the center-left under Blair, Clinton and Giddens that accepts globalized markets and fiscal discipline, replaces welfare with work activation, is tough on crime and backs liberal interventions.
Model of government in which decisions are made by experts and technical, scientific criteria, entrusting engineers, economists, and scientists with the rational and efficient management of the state and the economy.
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Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian35%
Son of Iran's last shah and an exiled opposition figure, Reza Pahlavi advocates a secular democratic transition, free elections and a choice between monarchy and republic. He prioritizes territorial integrity, individual liberties and market reforms; he has never governed Iran.
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An island presidential republic, Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and global technology hub, especially semiconductors, living under constant military threat from China, and is Asia's pioneer in progressive causes such as marriage equality.
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A socialist federation led by Tito, Yugoslavia adopted workers' self-management and an independent path from Moscow, uniting diverse peoples under a single party until fragmenting into wars in the 1990s.
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