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Napoleon Bonaparte

Emperor of the French, 1804 to 1815

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Rose from the French Revolution, wrote the Napoleonic Code that shaped modern legal systems and conquered much of Europe before his defeat at Waterloo.

Napoleon Bonaparte sits in the right-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and strongly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly strength-first on war and peace, strongly interventionist on interventionism and strongly authoritarian on liberty and authority. The profile is close to the middle on economy.

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Where Napoleon Bonaparte 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.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureSlightly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Napoleon Bonaparte

BonapartismAuthoritarian rule by a popular leader who claims to embody the nation, with plebiscites…99%MilitarismTreats military strength and martial values as central to national life.95%Hawkish realismSees the world as a contest between states, where military strength and alliances secure…92%GaullismA French tradition of national independence, a strong presidency and a leading role for…90%

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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: Jacques-Louis David, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.