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Glenn Greenwald

American journalist and lawyer

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Reported the Edward Snowden leaks, co-founded The Intercept and criticizes both parties, intelligence agencies and the mainstream media.

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

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Where Glenn Greenwald 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly 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

People most like Glenn Greenwald

Julian Assange Australian publisher and WikiLeaks founder99%Edward Snowden American whistleblower and former intelligence contractor99%Gene Sharp American theorist of nonviolent resistance, 1928 to 201898%Ai Weiwei Chinese artist and dissident97%Edward Said Palestinian-American scholar, 1935 to 200397%Charlie Chaplin British-born actor and filmmaker, 1889 to 197795%Bob Dylan American singer-songwriter95%Colin Kaepernick American football player and activist94%

People furthest from Glenn Greenwald

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17152%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present2%Joseph de Maistre Savoyard counter-revolutionary thinker, 1753 to 18213%Charlemagne King of the Franks and Emperor, 768 to 8144%

Political views closest to Glenn Greenwald

MutualismA market-based anarchism in which workers and small producers trade fairly through…96%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…95%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…94%Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…92%

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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: David dos Dantos, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.