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Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Philosopher
Genevan philosopher, author of The Social Contract.
«Sovereignty belongs to the people and expresses the general will.»
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In short
On the traditional scale, Jean-Jacques Rousseau sits in the authoritarian center camp. The clearest positions are on democracy: strongly towards “direct democracy”; technology: strongly towards “caution”; environment: strongly towards “ecology”; devolution: strongly towards “federalism”. On society and foreign policy it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is left-wing populism (85%).
Position on the 13 axes
Jean-Jacques RousseauYou
EconomyEqualityMarket
StateLibertyAuthority
SocietyProgressTradition
SovereigntyIntegrationSovereignty
ReligionSecularismReligion
EnvironmentEcologyGrowth
TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
DevolutionCentralismFederalism
ImmigrationOpennessControl
Closest ideologies
Left-wing populismThe Voice of the Square85%CommunitarianismThe Good Neighbor81%DistributismThe Smallholder-Owner81%Closest parties in Europe
SenterpartietNorway85%
Hnutie SlovenskoSlovakia82%
Movimento 5 StelleItaly79%
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