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Harvey Milk

American gay-rights politician, 1930 to 1978

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One of the first openly gay elected officials in the United States, he won a seat on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors in 1977 and was assassinated the following year.

Harvey Milk sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly libertarian on liberty and authority and leaning secular on religion. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Harvey Milk 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 state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Harvey Milk

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People furthest from Harvey Milk

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Political views closest to Harvey Milk

Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…98%ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.98%Democratic confederalismA stateless, feminist and ecological model of local assemblies federated from below.98%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…97%

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