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Thích Nhất Hạnh

Vietnamese Zen master and peace activist, 1926 to 2022

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A Buddhist monk who urged an end to the Vietnam War, was exiled for it, and taught mindfulness and engaged Buddhism to people around the world.

Thích Nhất Hạnh 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, strongly nature-first on environment and strongly religious on religion.

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Where Thích Nhất Hạnh 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
🌍NationStrongly globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning non-interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Thích Nhất Hạnh

Bob Marley Jamaican musician, 1945 to 198197%Dalai Lama Tibetan spiritual leader96%Bill McKibben American environmentalist and author95%Martin Luther King Jr. Baptist minister and civil rights leader, 1929 to 196895%Jane Addams American social reformer, 1860 to 193594%Laozi Chinese sage, c. 6th century BCE94%Pope Francis Pope, 2013 to 202593%Wangari Maathai Kenyan environmentalist and Nobel laureate, 1940 to 201193%

People furthest from Thích Nhất Hạnh

Joseph Stalin Soviet leader, 1920s to 19532%Adolf Hitler Chancellor and Führer of Germany, 1933 to 19452%Kim Jong Un Supreme Leader of North Korea, 2011 to present2%Benito Mussolini Prime Minister of Italy, 1922 to 19432%

Political views closest to Thích Nhất Hạnh

PacifismRejects war as a political tool and favors nonviolent resistance and disarmament.97%Deep ecologyGives nature value in itself and calls for a radical reduction of human impact.94%Christian leftDraws on Christian ethics for social justice, peace and care for the poor, including…93%Utopian socialismImagines planned model communities built on cooperation, an approach that predates…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: Duc (pixiduc) from Paris, France., CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons; see all photo credits.