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Bruce Springsteen

American singer-songwriter

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Writes about working-class life and injustice, and has campaigned for Democratic candidates including John Kerry, Barack Obama and Kamala Harris.

Bruce Springsteen sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning state-led on economy, leaning libertarian on liberty and authority and leaning progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on technology and religion.

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Where Bruce Springsteen 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 libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Bruce Springsteen

Henry George American economist and reformer, 1839 to 189799%Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva President of Brazil, 2003 to 2010 and 2023 to present99%Elizabeth Warren US Senator from Massachusetts, 2013 to present99%Paulo Freire Brazilian educator, 1921 to 199799%Gabriel García Márquez Colombian novelist, 1927 to 201499%Colin Kaepernick American football player and activist98%Ta-Nehisi Coates American author and journalist98%Jon Stewart American comedian and commentator98%

People furthest from Bruce Springsteen

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171514%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194316%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194516%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)16%

Political views closest to Bruce Springsteen

CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.99%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…99%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…98%

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