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Rosa Parks

American civil rights activist, 1913 to 2005

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Her refusal to give up her bus seat in Montgomery in 1955 sparked a year-long boycott that became a landmark of the civil rights movement.

Rosa Parks 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, leaning libertarian on liberty and authority and leaning anti-establishment on institutions.

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Where Rosa Parks 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
🎭CultureSlightly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Rosa Parks

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People furthest from Rosa Parks

Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present11%Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 195312%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 194512%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 171513%

Political views closest to Rosa Parks

CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.96%Christian leftDraws on Christian ethics for social justice, peace and care for the poor, including…96%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…96%GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…93%

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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.