Political view · Right

Fusionism

Blends free-market and small-government ideas with traditional social values and a strong national defense.

Associated with: William F. Buckley Jr., Ronald Reagan, Barry Goldwater.

Fusionism sits in the right-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly free market and slightly libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly free market on economy, strongly religious on religion and strongly traditional on culture.

Where fusionism 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.

💰EconomyStrongly free market
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authoritySlightly libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureStrongly traditional
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning nationalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentLeaning growth-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologyLeaning tech-optimist
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceStrongly strength-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsSlightly anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional
🙏ReligionStrongly religious
SecularReligious
🛡️InterventionismStrongly interventionist
Non-interventionistInterventionist

People active today who fit

Ayaan Hirsi Ali Somali-Dutch-American writer and former MP97%Ted Cruz US Senator from Texas, 2013 to present97%Ben Shapiro American conservative commentator97%Jordan Peterson Canadian psychologist and author97%

People from history who fit

Ronald Reagan US President, 1981 to 198999%Margaret Thatcher UK Prime Minister, 1979 to 199097%Junichiro Koizumi Prime Minister of Japan, 2001 to 200697%Barry Goldwater US Senator from Arizona, 1953 to 1965 and 1969 to 198797%

Similar political views

Thatcherism and ReaganismFree-market economics, tax cuts, deregulation and a firm stance toward the Soviet Union.97%NeoconservatismPairs free markets and traditional values with an assertive, democracy-promoting foreign…91%Religious rightSeeks to shape law and politics by religious, often Christian, values.89%Liberal conservatismCombines free markets and limited government with respect for institutions, tradition…88%

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Books on fusionismBiographies of Ronald Reagan

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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.