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Liu Xiaobo

Chinese writer and Nobel laureate, 1955 to 2017

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Co-authored Charter 08, which called for political reform in China, won the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize while imprisoned and died in custody in 2017.

Liu Xiaobo sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: slightly free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, leaning peace-first on war and peace and leaning anti-establishment on institutions. The profile is close to the middle on environment, religion and interventionism.

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Where Liu Xiaobo 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 authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionCentered on religion
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Liu Xiaobo

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People furthest from Liu Xiaobo

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171510%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present10%Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present11%Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 195311%

Political views closest to Liu Xiaobo

MutualismA market-based anarchism in which workers and small producers trade fairly through…94%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…93%LocalismPushes power and decisions down to the smallest workable community.92%Austrian schoolAn economic tradition that stresses individual choice, sound money and skepticism about…92%

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