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Eugene V. Debs

American socialist leader, 1855 to 1926

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A union organizer who ran for president five times as a Socialist and was jailed for opposing World War I, winning almost a million votes from his prison cell.

Eugene V. Debs sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly peace-first on war and peace and strongly non-interventionist on interventionism.

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Where Eugene V. Debs 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 authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Eugene V. Debs

Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…97%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…96%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…96%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.96%

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