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Mikhail Bakunin

Historical and international

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Position estimated from: Statism and Anarchy: collectivist anarchism, rejection of the state and of religion.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
30toward collective / planned
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
12strongly toward progressive
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
14strongly toward libertarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
5strongly toward cosmopolitan
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
10strongly toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
3strongly toward collective ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
28toward civil liberty
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
5strongly toward cosmopolitan
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
15toward progressive
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
1strongly toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
1strongly toward egalitarian
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
29toward free market
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
10strongly toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
6strongly 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

StatementPositionBasis
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Strongly agreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
A naturalized citizen can belong to the nation as fully as someone born there.Strongly agreesestimated
Central economic planning is preferable to decentralized market decisions.Strongly disagreesestimated
Society works best when established social hierarchies are respected.Strongly disagreesestimated
Military power should be used proactively when serious external threats are emerging.Strongly disagreesestimated
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly agreesestimated
Major industries should be publicly owned rather than privately controlled.Strongly agreesestimated
The means of production should ultimately be owned collectively.Agreesestimated

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.