Portrait of George Orwell
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George Orwell

English writer, 1903 to 1950

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Fought with leftist militias in Spain and wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four, warning against totalitarianism of any stripe while remaining a democratic socialist.

George Orwell 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 state-led on economy and leaning secular on religion.

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Where George Orwell 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
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from George Orwell

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Political views closest to George Orwell

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Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions. Including a person here is for study and comparison, not approval. Portrait: Branch of the National Union of Journalists (BNUJ)., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.