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Sam Seder

Commentators

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Position estimated from: Majority Report: democratic-socialist-leaning progressive; Medicare for All, unions, wealth taxes; secular; socially progressive.

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Political compass placement

Map dimensionScore (0–100)PositionReading
Economic
Collective / planned ↔ Market
31toward collective / planned
Social
Progressive ↔ Traditional
12strongly toward progressive
Authority
Libertarian ↔ Authoritarian
24toward libertarian
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
25toward cosmopolitan
Foreign policy
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
30toward non-intervention
All nine underlying dimensions
DimensionScoreReading
Economic ownership
Collective ownership ↔ Private ownership
30toward collective ownership
Civil liberties
Civil liberty ↔ State restrictions
39near the center
National identity
Cosmopolitan ↔ Nationalist
25toward cosmopolitan
Social and cultural values
Progressive ↔ Traditionalist
13strongly toward progressive
Political governance
Democratic ↔ Autocratic
10strongly toward democratic
Equality and hierarchy
Egalitarian ↔ Hierarchical
17toward egalitarian
Economic management
Free market ↔ State planning
69toward state planning
Military intervention
Non-intervention ↔ Intervention
30toward non-intervention
Religion and government
Secular state ↔ Religious authority
10strongly 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
Religious doctrine should take precedence over civil law when they conflict.Strongly disagreesestimated
Opposition parties should be free to compete in elections.Strongly agreesestimated
People should be free to criticize the government without fear of legal punishment.Strongly agreesestimated
Preserving a historic national majority is a legitimate immigration objective.Strongly disagreesestimated
Same-sex couples should have the same right to marry as opposite-sex couples.Strongly agreesestimated
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
The government should regulate companies that dominate entire markets.Strongly agreesfrom their record
Major industries should be publicly owned rather than privately controlled.Agreesestimated
Regulations on business should be minimized whenever possible.Strongly disagreesestimated

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Sources

Profile last reviewed October 11, 2026.