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Position estimated from: Permanent revolution, Red Army leadership: internationalist, one-party state in practice.
Political compass placement
| Map dimension | Score (0–100) | Position | Reading |
|---|---|---|---|
| Economic Collective / planned ↔ Market | 4 | strongly toward collective / planned | |
| Social Progressive ↔ Traditional | 21 | toward progressive | |
| Authority Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian | 72 | toward authoritarian | |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 15 | toward cosmopolitan | |
| Foreign policy Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 80 | toward intervention |
All nine underlying dimensions
| Dimension | Score | Reading |
|---|---|---|
| Economic ownership Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership | 3 | strongly toward collective ownership |
| Civil liberties Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions | 68 | toward state restrictions |
| National identity Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist | 15 | toward cosmopolitan |
| Social and cultural values Progressive ↔ Traditionalist | 25 | toward progressive |
| Political governance Democratic ↔ Autocratic | 75 | toward autocratic |
| Equality and hierarchy Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical | 28 | toward egalitarian |
| Economic management Free market ↔ State planning | 95 | strongly toward state planning |
| Military intervention Non-intervention ↔ Intervention | 80 | toward intervention |
| Religion and government Secular state ↔ Religious authority | 13 | strongly toward 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
| Statement | Position | Basis |
|---|---|---|
| Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases. | Strongly disagrees | from their record |
| Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| A naturalized citizen can belong to the nation as fully as someone born there. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| Major industries should be publicly owned rather than privately controlled. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| Markets generally distribute goods more effectively than government planners. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Foreign wars should be avoided unless national territory is directly threatened. | Strongly disagrees | estimated |
| Reducing the gap between rich and poor should be a major government goal. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| National security can justify restrictions on what journalists publish. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| A strong leader who gets things done matters more than following proper procedures. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
| Hate speech should be a criminal offense. | Strongly agrees | estimated |
Closest ideologies
Trotskyism92% similar positionCommunism77% similar positionLeft Communism74% similar positionState Socialism73% similar positionEurocommunism73% similar position
Similar and contrasting figures
Che Guevara89% similar · Historical and internationalVladimir Lenin86% similar · Historical and internationalJosip Broz Tito77% similar · Historical and internationalKarl Marx76% similar · Historical and internationalMao Zedong75% similar · Historical and internationalRon PaulContrasting: 35% similarMurray RothbardContrasting: 36% similarThomas MassieContrasting: 37% similar
Sources
Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.