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Charlie Chaplin

British-born actor and filmmaker, 1889 to 1977

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Mocked Hitler in The Great Dictator, championed the poor in films such as Modern Times, and was barred from returning to the United States in 1952 during the Red Scare.

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

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Where Charlie Chaplin 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.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly 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 secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17151%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present2%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)2%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19432%

Political views closest to Charlie Chaplin

MutualismA market-based anarchism in which workers and small producers trade fairly through…99%Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…99%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…98%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…98%

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