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A physician and liberal politician of the Brazilian Empire, a city councillor and deputy known as the "Doctor of the Poor", he embraced Spiritism in 1886 and presided over the Brazilian Spiritist Federation, making charity and Kardec's doctrine its foundation in Brazil.
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Bezerra de Menezes leans further toward pacifist than 89% of the 645 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Diplomacy is where Bezerra de Menezes stands furthest from the rest.
On Control, Bezerra de Menezes sits practically at the catalog median.
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Position that opposes genetic manipulation and the technological enhancement of the human body, defending ethical limits on science in the name of dignity, human nature, and prudence toward the future.
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
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Emperor of Japan since 2019, a symbol of the state with no political powers under the pacifist Constitution. An Oxford-trained historian and water-resources expert, he expresses "deep remorse" over the war and champions peace, the environment and international cooperation.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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