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Techno-optimism
The Visionary
«Technology will solve the problems politics can't.»
Sees innovation and entrepreneurship as the force that will solve humanity's great problems. Calls for room to experiment, fewer brakes and more ambition.
In the test it shows up as a «closeness» on its issues, not as a main label: it is a single-issue movement.
In short
On the traditional scale, this ideology sits in the center-right camp. The clearest positions are on technology: strongly towards “acceleration”; economy: strongly towards “market”; democracy: strongly towards “technocracy”; religion: strongly towards “secularism”. On state, justice and devolution it stays balanced. Among the other ideologies, the closest is neoliberalism (82%).
Principles
- Innovation without brakes
- Entrepreneurship and competence
- Faith in the future
Speeding up innovation, artificial intelligence and science as the road to prosperity.
Common criticisms
Where it comes from
Its roots go back to the Enlightenment, and it's reborn today in Silicon Valley, with Marc Andreessen's "Techno-Optimist Manifesto" (2023).
Key figures: Elon Musk, Peter Thiel
Further reading: Zero to One — Peter Thiel; Abundance — Peter Diamandis
Position on the 13 axes
Similar ideologies
NeoliberalismThe Globalizer82%MinarchismThe Night Watchman81%LibertarianismThe Free Spirit76%Closest parties in Europe
Liberal AllianceDenmark88%
Iniciativa LiberalPortugal85%
Freie Demokratische ParteiGermany83%
RenaissanceFrance81%Closest figures
Positions are estimates based on documented ideas, platforms and actions, updated to October 2026.