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Hannah Arendt

German-American political theorist, 1906 to 1975

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Analyzed totalitarianism and coined the phrase “the banality of evil” while covering the Eichmann trial, and stressed that freedom lives in public action among equals.

Hannah Arendt sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and leaning tech-cautious on technology. The profile is close to the middle on economy, institutions and interventionism.

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Where Hannah Arendt 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsCentered on institutions
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Hannah Arendt

Jaron Lanier American computer scientist and tech critic99%Jonathan Haidt American social psychologist and author98%Jane Jacobs American-Canadian urbanist, 1916 to 200698%Tristan Harris Co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology98%Michael Sandel American political philosopher97%Elinor Ostrom American political economist, 1933 to 201297%Timothy Snyder American historian97%Geoffrey Hinton British-Canadian computer scientist97%

People furthest from Hannah Arendt

Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 194317%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171518%Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 195318%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194519%

Political views closest to Hannah Arendt

Civic republicanismValues citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often…97%LocalismPushes power and decisions down to the smallest workable community.96%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.94%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…94%

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