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◆ THE IDEOLOGY ATLAS
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Matt Taibbi

Commentators

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Position estimated from: Racket News and the Twitter Files: anti-censorship and anti-surveillance; critic of Wall Street; anti-war.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
52near the center
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
31toward progressive
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
17toward libertarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
45near the center
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
16toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
55near the center
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
26toward civil liberty
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
45near the center
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
35near the center
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
9strongly toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
36near the center
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
52near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
16toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
20toward 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
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Preserving a historic national majority is a legitimate immigration objective.Strongly disagreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Strongly disagreesestimated
Society works best when established social hierarchies are respected.Strongly disagreesestimated
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly agreesestimated
The press should be able to investigate those in power without political interference.Strongly agreesestimated

Closest ideologies

Confederalism96% similar positionDirect Democracy94% similar positionParticipatory Democracy93% similar positionGeorgism91% similar positionFederalism88% similar position

Similar and contrasting figures

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Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.