Portrait of Rosa Luxemburg
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Rosa Luxemburg

Polish-German revolutionary, 1871 to 1919

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A Marxist theorist who opposed World War I and criticized Lenin’s authoritarianism, insisting on freedom for those who think differently. She was murdered by paramilitaries in 1919.

Rosa Luxemburg sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly state-led on economy, strongly globalist on nation and strongly peace-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on environment.

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Where Rosa Luxemburg 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
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentCentered on environment
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsStrongly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Rosa Luxemburg

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Political views closest to Rosa Luxemburg

Anarcho-syndicalismWorkers organize in revolutionary unions that take over industry and run society without…98%Anarcho-communismAbolishes the state, private property and money in favor of free, stateless communities…98%Council communismArgues that workers' councils should run society directly and rejects both vanguard…96%Left-libertarianismCombines strong personal freedom with the view that natural resources and wealth should…94%

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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 author Unknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.