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Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Somali-Dutch-American writer and former MP

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A former Dutch legislator who left Islam and became an outspoken critic of religious extremism and of illiberal practices toward women, and now writes in the United States.

Ayaan Hirsi Ali sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, strongly interventionist on interventionism and leaning free market on economy.

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Where Ayaan Hirsi Ali 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ayaan Hirsi Ali

FusionismBlends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a…97%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…96%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…96%Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.95%

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