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Cyrus the Great

Founder of the Persian Empire, c. 559 to 530 BCE

Built the largest empire the world had yet seen and freed captive peoples. The Cyrus Cylinder is often cited as an early statement of tolerance.

Cyrus the Great sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly interventionist on interventionism, strongly strength-first on war and peace and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Cyrus the Great 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 authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Cyrus the Great

Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…93%Realism in foreign policySees international politics as a contest of power and interests in which states act to…93%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…92%Third Way centrismCombines market economics with moderate social policy and pragmatic problem solving.90%

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