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Photo of Benito Mussolini

Benito Mussolini

Historical and international

Photo: Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Position estimated from: Fascist regime 1922-43: corporatist state, dictatorship, imperial wars, Lateran Treaty.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
33toward collective / planned
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
85toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
93strongly toward authoritarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
100strongly toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
93strongly toward intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
45near the center
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
85toward state restrictions
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
100strongly toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
91strongly toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
100strongly toward autocratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
89strongly toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
85toward state planning
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
93strongly toward intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
71toward religious authority

These positions are estimates on the Atlas’s nine-dimension scale, produced by running the available evidence through the same questions and scoring used for test-takers. They are interpretations for comparison, not objective measurements. How scores are made.

Key positions

StatementPositionBasis
A single ruling party can govern more effectively than a competitive multiparty system.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.Strongly agreesfrom their record
A naturalized citizen can belong to the nation as fully as someone born there.Strongly disagreesestimated
The government should direct investment into strategically important industries.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Workers should have strong legal protections to form and join labor unions.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
A national religious authority should have the power to veto legislation.Disagreesestimated
Foreign wars should be avoided unless national territory is directly threatened.Strongly disagreesestimated
National security can justify restrictions on what journalists publish.Strongly agreesestimated
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Disagreesestimated
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Disagreesestimated

Closest ideologies

Italian Fascism96% similar positionFascism95% similar positionNational Socialism94% similar positionBonapartism90% similar positionStrasserism89% similar position

Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.