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Edmund Burke

Irish-born British statesman and thinker, 1729 to 1797

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Defended inherited institutions and gradual reform in his attack on the French Revolution, and is often called the father of modern conservatism, though he also backed the American colonists.

Edmund Burke sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and leaning authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly traditional on culture, strongly institutional on institutions and strongly religious on religion.

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Where Edmund Burke 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Edmund Burke

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Political views closest to Edmund Burke

MonarchismSupports a hereditary monarch as head of state, from ceremonial constitutional monarchy…98%One-nation conservatismA paternalist conservatism holding that the better off owe duties to the poor and to…97%TraditionalismDefends inherited culture, faith, family and local community against rapid modernization.96%Christian democracyBlends Christian social teaching, a social market economy and European cooperation.96%

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