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Mikhail Bakunin

Russian revolutionary and anarchist, 1814 to 1876

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Rejected all rulers, including a revolutionary state, and clashed with Marx over authority inside the First International.

Mikhail Bakunin sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly globalist on nation. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Mikhail Bakunin 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.

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

People most like Mikhail Bakunin

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Political views closest to Mikhail Bakunin

Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…97%Anarcho-communismAbolishes the state, private property and money in favor of free, stateless communities…97%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…95%Democratic confederalismA stateless, feminist and ecological model of local assemblies federated from below.95%

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