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Branch that seeks concrete social results by negotiating with the market and existing institutions, prioritizing responsible fiscal austerity, targeted social policy, and governability over revolutionary ideological purity.
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I want to negotiate with the market and existing institutions to deliver targeted social policy, without clinging to revolutionary purity.
Political axes
Leans further toward progressive than 73% of the 274 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
A former guerrilla and Uruguayan statesman, Mujica embodied a democratic left, austere and libertarian in customs, defending moderate redistribution, civil rights, and a critique of consumerism.
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A South American presidential republic, Uruguay is recognized for solid democracy, strong secularism, broad social rights, and progressive policies, pairing institutional stability with a market economy.
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Midwestern state with a civic and cooperative tradition, Minnesota combines high taxes, strong public services, unions and high voter turnout with refugee resettlement and an economy of health care, industry and finance.
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Post-apartheid transition under Nelson Mandela: first multiracial elections, a government of national unity, the 1996 Constitution, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and moderately liberal economic policy.
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Ideological proximity
Closest within Left
Current that seeks to reconcile capitalism and social justice through democracy, defending regulated markets, a strong welfare state, labor rights, and redistribution to reduce social inequalities.
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
System in which collectively or publicly owned enterprises compete in markets, uniting the efficiency of competition with the socialist distribution of profits, without the rigid central planning of state economies.
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Nationalism based on citizenship and shared values rather than ethnicity, defining the nation by adherence to common laws and institutions, open to all who accept its democratic and civic principles.
Centrist branch that prioritizes sustainability, gradual energy transition, environmental regulation, and technological prudence, seeking to reconcile climate protection, markets, and democratic institutions without anti-capitalist rupture.
Centrist branch that accepts the market economy but prioritizes social protection, public services, gradual reforms, and institutional consensus to reduce inequality without political rupture or permanent polarization.
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FeudalismFar-Right32%