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Figure · 1929–1968

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil rights leader

Baptist minister and leader of the civil rights movement in the United States.

«Justice is won through nonviolence and civil disobedience.»

In short

On the traditional scale, Martin Luther King Jr. sits in the libertarian center-left camp. The clearest positions are on foreign policy: strongly towards “pacifism”; religion: strongly towards “religion”; justice: strongly towards “rehabilitation”; democracy: strongly towards “direct democracy”. On technology and devolution it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is degrowth (85%).

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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

DegrowthThe Homesteader85%Radical democracyThe Assembly85%Left-wing populismThe Voice of the Square85%

Closest parties in Europe

ELASGreece89%Plefsi EleftheriasGreece87%Sinn FéinIreland80%Green PartyIreland78%

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