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Dave Smith

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Position estimated from: Part of the Problem podcast and Libertarian Party activism: anarcho-capitalist leaning, strict non-interventionist.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
97strongly toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
50near the center
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
6strongly toward libertarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
50near the center
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
8strongly toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
97strongly toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
2strongly toward civil liberty
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
50near the center
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
57near the center
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
10strongly toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
61near the center
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
3strongly toward free market
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
8strongly toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
35toward secular state

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
Political speech should be legally protected even when it is offensive.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military aid to countries resisting invasion is worth the cost.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
Preserving a historic national majority is a legitimate immigration objective.Strongly disagreesestimated
Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.Agreesfrom their record
Cutting taxes is generally better for the economy than increasing public spending.Strongly agreesfrom their record
The government should require a rapid shift away from fossil fuels, even at significant cost.Strongly disagreesfrom their record

Closest ideologies

Minarchism88% similar positionRight-Libertarianism87% similar positionAnarcho-Capitalism86% similar positionVoluntaryism86% similar positionFiscal Conservatism84% similar position

Similar and contrasting figures

Murray Rothbard92% similar · Historical and internationalRon Paul92% similar · US politiciansRand Paul90% similar · US politiciansThomas Massie90% similar · US politiciansThomas Jefferson86% similar · US politiciansKim Jong UnContrasting: 30% similarJoseph StalinContrasting: 32% similarPol PotContrasting: 32% similar

Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.