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Muhammad Ali

American boxer and activist, 1942 to 2016

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The heavyweight champion refused the Vietnam draft on religious grounds, was stripped of his title and convicted, before the Supreme Court cleared him in 1971.

Muhammad Ali sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly peace-first on war and peace, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and strongly religious on religion. The profile is close to the middle on environment and technology.

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Where Muhammad Ali 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 authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Muhammad Ali

Christian leftDraws on Christian ethics for social justice, peace and care for the poor, including…93%PacifismRejects war as a political tool and favors nonviolent resistance and disarmament.85%LocalismPushes power and decisions down to the smallest workable community.84%DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…83%

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