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Figure · 1809–1865
Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Philosopher
French philosopher, the first to call himself an anarchist, theorist of mutualism.
«Cooperation among free producers and federation instead of the state.»
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On the traditional scale, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon sits in the libertarian center-left camp. The clearest positions are on devolution: strongly towards “federalism”; state: strongly towards “liberty”; religion: strongly towards “secularism”; democracy: strongly towards “direct democracy”. On environment and technology it stays balanced. Among ideologies, the closest is mutualism (91%).
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ReligionSecularismReligion
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TechnologyCautionAcceleration
Foreign policyPacifismInterventionism
JusticeRehabilitationTough on crime
DemocracyDirect democracyTechnocracy
MethodReformRupture
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Closest ideologies
MutualismThe Free Artisan91%Radical democracyThe Assembly87%Anarcho-primitivismThe Wild One85%Closest parties in Europe
Partido Comunista PortuguêsPortugal74%
Socialistische PartijNetherlands73%
Movimento 5 StelleItaly68%
ELASGreece67%Similar figures
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