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Synthesis that unites free markets and a minimal state with the defense of tradition, family, and order, valuing individual freedom and personal responsibility alongside the preservation of customs and institutions.
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I want economic freedom and a minimal state alongside the tradition, family and customs that sustain the social order.
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Leans further toward free market than 94% of the 274 ideologies in the catalog.
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An American politician, Goldwater was a decisive figure of the modern right in the United States, defending free markets, anti-communism, and limited government, and paving the way for Reaganite conservatism.
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The second-largest US state, Texas stands out for its conservatism, its culture of strong individual freedom, low taxation, and a dynamic market economy tied to energy and industry.
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The least populous U.S. state, Wyoming levies no state income or corporate tax, bases its economy on oil, gas, and mining, and combines a strong gun culture with deep distrust of the federal government.
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A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
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Current that sees monarchy as a guarantee of freedom and stability, defending a king with limited power who protects property and individual rights and maintains a lean, minimally interventionist state.
Branch that combines the defense of individual freedoms and free markets with appreciation for national sovereignty and identity, defending limited government alongside border control and the nation.
Branch that combines radical free markets with traditional, conservative cultural values, defending economic freedom, property, and autonomous local communities against the state and progressivism.
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Tradition of republics made of sovereign provinces or cantons, such as the Dutch Republic and the old Swiss Confederacy, with local self-government, open trade, armed neutrality and deep-rooted Protestant faith.
American conservative current associated with Ronald Reagan. It combines lower taxes and a smaller federal economic role with free enterprise, traditional religious values, anticommunism and military strength.
Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
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