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Ta-Nehisi Coates

American author and journalist

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Wrote Between the World and Me and The Case for Reparations, arguing that racism is built into American history and institutions.

Ta-Nehisi Coates sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly progressive on culture, strongly state-led on economy and leaning secular on religion. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Ta-Nehisi Coates 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
🎭CultureStrongly progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismSlightly non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

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Political views closest to Ta-Nehisi Coates

Critical theoryExamines how power, class, race and gender shape institutions and ideas, and aims to…99%Democratic socialismSeeks democratic control of key industries, broad public ownership and universal services.99%Radical democracyWants more direct participation in decisions, through assemblies, referendums and…99%Democratic confederalismA stateless, feminist and ecological model of local assemblies federated from below.99%

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