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English priest who preached equality ("When Adam delved and Eve span, who was then the gentleman?") and an end to serfdom, nobility and the church hierarchy. He was the voice of the 1381 Peasants' Revolt and was executed.
Political axes
John Ball leans further toward public than 99% of the 617 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Economy is where John Ball stands furthest from the rest.
On Morality, John Ball sits close to the catalog median.
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Fusion of distributism and Georgism promoting widespread family ownership of productive property combined with land value taxation to prevent monopolies and state collectivism.
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
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.
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Techno-MonarchismFar-Right31%
Reggae and Rastafari icon, Marley carried messages of resistance, social justice and Pan-Africanism to the world, united Jamaica's political rivals in 1978 and made his songs an anthem of liberation for the oppressed and rejection of mental colonialism.
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Zapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
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Under Allende's Popular Unity, Chile attempted democratic socialism through copper and bank nationalization, agrarian reform, and economic planning until the 1973 military coup.
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