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Bill Gates

Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist

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Co-founded Microsoft and now funds global health, vaccines and clean-energy work through his foundation, arguing that innovation and aid can end poverty and disease.

Bill Gates sits in the near the center part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly tech-optimist on technology, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly globalist on nation.

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Where Bill Gates 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.

💰EconomySlightly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Bill Gates

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Political views closest to Bill Gates

Eco-modernismArgues that technology such as nuclear power, intensive farming and urbanization can…99%European federalismWants Europe's states to pool sovereignty into a shared democratic federation.98%Effective altruismUses evidence and reason to find the most effective ways of doing good, often favoring…98%CosmopolitanismPuts shared humanity and international institutions above national boundaries.96%

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