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Václav Havel

President of Czechoslovakia and the Czech Republic, 1989 to 2003

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A playwright jailed as a dissident, he led the 1989 Velvet Revolution and became the first post-communist president.

Václav Havel sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: leaning free market and strongly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly libertarian on liberty and authority, strongly nature-first on environment and leaning interventionist on interventionism. The profile is close to the middle on technology.

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Where Václav Havel 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 free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityStrongly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyCentered on technology
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionSlightly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismLeaning interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People most like Václav Havel

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People furthest from Václav Havel

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Political views closest to Václav Havel

GeorgismTaxes land and natural resources instead of labor, arguing that the value of land…90%ProgressivismUses government to advance social equality, civil rights and reform.89%Green politicsPuts ecological limits, sustainability and grassroots democracy at the center of policy.88%CooperativismPrefers businesses owned and run by workers, consumers or local communities.87%

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