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Bob Dylan

American singer-songwriter

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His songs Blowin’ in the Wind and The Times They Are a-Changin’ became anthems of the civil rights and antiwar movements, though he always resisted being a spokesman.

Bob Dylan sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly anti-establishment on institutions, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and strongly peace-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Bob Dylan 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 authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Bob Dylan

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People furthest from Bob Dylan

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17154%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present5%Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 19535%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19455%

Political views closest to Bob Dylan

MutualismA market-based anarchism in which workers and small producers trade fairly through…96%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…94%PacifismRejects war as a political tool and favors nonviolent resistance and disarmament.94%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…93%

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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: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.