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Mahatma Gandhi

Leader of the Indian independence movement

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Never held office, but his nonviolent civil disobedience, including the 1930 Salt March, helped end British rule in India. He was assassinated in 1948.

Mahatma Gandhi sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly peace-first on war and peace, strongly religious on religion and strongly tech-cautious on technology. The profile is close to the middle on nation.

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Where Mahatma Gandhi 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Mahatma Gandhi

Christian leftDraws on Christian ethics for social justice, peace and care for the poor, including…90%Neo-LuddismResists industrial and digital technology that is seen to erode community, work and…88%AgrarianismValues rural life, small farms and self-reliant communities over industrial and urban…88%Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.87%

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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: Elliott & Fry, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.