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Michael Knowles

Commentators

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Position estimated from: Daily Wire and Speechless: traditionalist Catholic who argues law should reflect Christian morality and criticizes strict church-state separation; social conservative; free-market.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
73toward market
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
96strongly toward traditional
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
39near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
79toward nationalist
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
40near the center
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
80toward private ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
44near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
79toward nationalist
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
100strongly toward traditionalist
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
34toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
79toward hierarchical
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
37near the center
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
40near the center
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
85toward 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
Abortion should be illegal in most or all cases.Strongly agreesfrom their record
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Strongly disagreesestimated
Praying or protesting near abortion clinics should be banned within a set distance.Strongly disagreesfrom their record
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
National legislation should reflect the moral teachings of the country’s majority religion.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Society works best when established social hierarchies are respected.Agreesfrom their record
National borders should become less important over time.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Disagreesestimated
National sovereignty should take priority over international agreements when they conflict.Strongly agreesestimated

Closest ideologies

Social Conservatism90% similar positionNational Conservatism89% similar positionTraditional Conservatism89% similar positionPolitical Catholicism87% similar positionPaleoconservatism87% similar position

Similar and contrasting figures

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.