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Regime centered on the armed forces as the core of political power, governing by junta or military hierarchy, with centralization, discipline, a high value on order and expansionism, and civilian politics subordinate to military command.
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I want a state commanded by the armed forces, with discipline and order as central values and civilian politics subordinate to military command.
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Leans further toward autocracy than 85% of the 274 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
A Chilean general and dictator, Pinochet overthrew Allende and established an anti-communist military regime, combining political repression, authoritarian conservatism, and neoliberal reforms.
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A military dictatorship born of the 1973 coup, Pinochet's Chile united severe political repression with the pioneering adoption of neoliberal free-market reforms, deeply marking the country's economy and memory.
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A presidential republic between Europe and Asia, Turkey combines electoral democracy with strong concentration of power, nationalism, religious conservatism, and an assertive foreign policy in the Middle East and the Mediterranean.
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During the Meiji Era, Japan underwent rapid modernization directed by the emperor, who abolished feudalism, industrialized the country, and created modern institutions, uniting tradition, nationalism, and military ascent.
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Ideological proximity
Closest within Far-Right
Doctrine that defends the territorial, military and economic expansion of a nation over other peoples and territories, keeping colonies and spheres of influence tied to the interests of the metropole through military and political power.
Caesarist current that legitimises a charismatic leader by plebiscite above parties, combining personal authority, bureaucratic centralisation, military mobilisation and state-led modernising reforms.
Model that combines a market economy and private property with a closed political regime, in which the state guarantees order, growth, and stability while restricting civil liberties and political competition.
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Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
Authoritarian nationalist movement that arose in 1930s Brazil, Christian and corporatist, with the motto God, Fatherland and Family, a mass aesthetic and opposition to liberalism and communism.
Model that organizes society into corporations of workers and employers integrated into the state, seeking harmony between classes and directed economic cooperation instead of conflict or free competition.
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Anarcho-PacifismAnarchist24%