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Pablo Neruda

Chilean poet and diplomat, 1904 to 1973

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The Nobel-winning poet joined the Communist Party, served as a senator and diplomat, and supported Salvador Allende before dying shortly after the 1973 coup.

Pablo Neruda sits in the left-authoritarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and slightly authoritarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, leaning progressive on culture and leaning peace-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Pablo Neruda 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 authoritySlightly authoritarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Pablo Neruda

Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.98%Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…97%Eco-socialismArgues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control…97%Market socialismCombines worker or public ownership of firms with markets and competition.97%

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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: Unknown ( Mondadori Publishers ), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.