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Figure · 1893–1976

Mao Zedong

Revolutionary leader

Founder of the People's Republic of China; he launched the Great Leap Forward and the Cultural Revolution.

«The revolution is permanent and runs through the peasant masses.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Mao Zedong sits in the authoritarian left camp. The clearest positions are on economy: strongly towards “equality”; state: strongly towards “authority”; religion: strongly towards “secularism”; method: strongly towards “rupture”. Among ideologies, the closest is maoism (99%).

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Position on the 13 axes

Economy→ MarketState→ AuthoritySociety→ TraditionSovereignty← IntegrationReligion← SecularismEnvironment→ GrowthTechnology→ AccelerationForeign policy→ InterventionismJustice→ Tough on crimeDemocracy→ TechnocracyMethod→ RuptureDevolution→ FederalismImmigration→ ControlEconomyStateSocietySovereigntyReligionEnvironmentTechnologyForeign pol.JusticeDemocracyMethodDevolutionImmigration

Closest ideologies

MaoismThe Red Guard99%Marxism-LeninismThe Planner98%KemalismThe Architect of the Republic88%

Closest parties in Europe

ANOCzech Republic68%Sinn FéinIreland68%Hlas – sociálna demokraciaSlovakia58%Democrazia Sovrana PopolareItaly57%

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Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.