Portrait of Paulo Freire
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Paulo Freire

Brazilian educator, 1921 to 1997

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Wrote Pedagogy of the Oppressed, arguing that education should awaken critical consciousness among the poor rather than fill them with facts.

Paulo Freire sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly anti-establishment on institutions and leaning libertarian on liberty and authority.

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Where Paulo Freire 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 authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Paulo Freire

Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171510%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194512%Augusto Pinochet Ruler of Chile, 1973 to 199013%Vladimir Putin President of Russia, 2000 to present (with a term as prime minister)13%

Political views closest to Paulo Freire

Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…99%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.98%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…97%MutualismA market-based anarchism in which workers and small producers trade fairly through…96%

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