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Lech Wałęsa

President of Poland, 1990 to 1995

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An electrician who co-founded the Solidarity trade union, he helped topple communism in Poland and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983.

Lech Wałęsa sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, strongly traditional on culture and leaning anti-establishment on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Lech Wałęsa 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Lech Wałęsa

DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…96%Left conservatismCombines strong economic protection for workers with attachment to community, family and…95%Post-liberalismArgues that liberalism has eroded community, family and shared purpose, and looks to…94%LocalismPushes power and decisions down to the smallest workable community.93%

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