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Ashoka

Mauryan Emperor of India, c. 268 to 232 BCE

After the bloody conquest of Kalinga he turned to Buddhism, carved edicts promoting nonviolence, tolerance and welfare, and protected animals and forests.

Ashoka sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly peace-first on war and peace, strongly religious on religion and leaning authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on nation, technology and interventionism.

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Where Ashoka sits on ten dimensions

Each scale runs from one pole to the other, and the dot shows the overall tendency of this person's record and public life. These are simplified estimates and open to debate.

💰EconomyLeaning state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Photo Dharma from Sadao, Thailand, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.