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Creator of Ethereum, Buterin formulated d/acc — defensive, decentralized technological acceleration —, funds public goods through quadratic funding, champions cryptography and privacy, condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and criticizes both the state and corporate monopolies.
Political axes
Vitalik Buterin leans further toward liberty than 93% of the 416 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Power is where Vitalik Buterin stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Vitalik Buterin sits close to the catalog median.
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Current founded by Max Stirner in The Ego and Its Own (1844), which rejects the state, morality, religion and rights as spooks and proposes voluntary unions of egoists who associate only while it serves them.
Current that unites free markets and individual freedoms with concern for social justice, holding that economic freedom must also concretely improve the lives of the poorest and most vulnerable.
Current that unites individual freedom, markets, and democracy with the ecological agenda, defending sustainability, rights, and innovation to reconcile economic prosperity with effective environmental protection.
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Clerical FascismThird Position21%
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