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Civic republicanism

Values citizen participation, civic virtue and freedom from domination, and often opposes hereditary rule.

Associated with: Cicero, Machiavelli, the American Founders.

Civic republicanism sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: centered on economy and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are leaning libertarian on liberty and authority, leaning institutional on institutions and leaning secular on religion. The profile is close to the middle on economy, culture and nation.

Where civic republicanism sits on ten dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyCentered on economy
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureCentered on culture
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationCentered on nation
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentSlightly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceSlightly peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning institutional
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionLeaning secular
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismCentered on interventionism
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya Belarusian opposition leader99%Jonathan Haidt American social psychologist and author99%Timothy Snyder American historian98%Cyril Ramaphosa President of South Africa, 2018 to present98%

People from history who fit

Isaiah Berlin British philosopher and historian, 1909 to 199799%Montesquieu French political philosopher, 1689 to 175598%John Rawls American philosopher, 1921 to 200298%Benjamin Franklin American founder, diplomat and inventor, 1706 to 179098%

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all ten dimensions.