
Position estimated from: Reflections on the Revolution in France: tradition, gradual reform, established church.
Political compass placement
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 77 | toward market | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 91 | strongly toward traditional | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 38 | near the center | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 70 | toward nationalist | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 55 | near the center |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 81 | toward private ownership |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 42 | near the center |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 70 | toward nationalist |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 98 | strongly toward traditionalist |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 35 | toward democratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 86 | strongly toward hierarchical |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 30 | toward free market |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 55 | near the center |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 76 | toward 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
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| The state should not give any religion an official or favored status, even if other faiths can still worship freely. | Strongly disagrees | from their record |
| Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| Rapid social change generally creates more problems than it solves. | Strongly agrees | from their record |
| National borders should become less important over time. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Reducing the gap between rich and poor should be a major government goal. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Non-intervention should be the default even when allies request military assistance. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Laws should be based on secular reasoning rather than religious teaching. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
Closest ideologies
Social Conservatism90% similar positionTraditional Conservatism89% similar positionNational Conservatism85% similar positionNeoconservatism84% similar positionPaternalistic Conservatism83% similar position
Similar and contrasting figures
Michael Knowles93% similar · CommentatorsRon DeSantis91% similar · US politiciansCharlie Kirk91% similar · CommentatorsSteven Crowder89% similar · CommentatorsMike Pence89% similar · US politiciansPeter KropotkinContrasting: 39% similarMikhail BakuninContrasting: 40% similarKarl MarxContrasting: 40% similar
Sources
Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.