Portrait of Simone Weil
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Simone Weil

French philosopher and activist, 1909 to 1943

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Worked in factories to understand labor, joined the Resistance and wrote on obligation, attention and rootedness, mixing radical politics with mysticism.

Simone Weil sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly religious on religion, strongly tech-cautious on technology and strongly peace-first on war and peace. The profile is close to the middle on interventionism.

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Where Simone Weil 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
🎭CultureLeaning traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationSlightly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyStrongly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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People furthest from Simone Weil

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Political views closest to Simone Weil

Christian leftDraws on Christian ethics for social justice, peace and care for the poor, including…98%DistributismSpreads property widely among families and small producers, opposing both big capital…97%AgrarianismValues rural life, small farms and self-reliant communities over industrial and urban…95%Neo-LuddismResists industrial and digital technology that is seen to erode community, work and…93%

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