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Salman Rushdie

British-Indian novelist

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Went into hiding after Iran’s leader issued a fatwa over The Satanic Verses in 1989, became a symbol of free expression and survived a stabbing in 2022.

Salman Rushdie sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly secular on religion and strongly progressive on culture. The profile is close to the middle on economy and war and peace.

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Where Salman Rushdie 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 libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceCentered on war and peace
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Salman Rushdie

Thomas Paine English-born pamphleteer, 1737 to 180998%Harvey Milk American gay-rights politician, 1930 to 197897%Voltaire French writer and philosopher, 1694 to 177897%John Stuart Mill English philosopher and MP, 1806 to 187395%Mary Wollstonecraft English writer and philosopher, 1759 to 179795%Emma Bonino Italian politician and Radical Party leader95%Richard Dawkins British evolutionary biologist94%Jon Stewart American comedian and commentator94%

People furthest from Salman Rushdie

Mojtaba Khamenei Supreme Leader of Iran, 2026 to present3%Louis XIV King of France, 1643 to 17153%Joseph de Maistre Savoyard counter-revolutionary thinker, 1753 to 18213%Ruhollah Khomeini Supreme Leader of Iran, 1979 to 19894%

Political views closest to Salman Rushdie

ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.96%TranshumanismWants to use technology to extend human abilities and lifespans, with strong freedom…95%Pirate politicsChampions digital rights, transparency, privacy and copyright reform.95%Civil libertarianismPuts rights such as free speech, privacy and due process above almost every other goal,…94%

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