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Widely regarded as the first American individualist anarchist, he founded the Cincinnati Time Store, pioneering commerce based on labor notes exchanging goods for the cost of production, advocating individual sovereignty and total separation from the State.
Political axes
Josiah Warren leans further toward federal than 99% of the 525 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Structure is where Josiah Warren stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Josiah Warren sits close to the catalog median.
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Synthesis of libertarianism and Georgism that combines free markets and individual freedoms with the taxation of land value, seen as a common resource, to fund the minimal state without punishing labor.
Branch that pursues gender equality through individual freedom and the market rather than the state, defending autonomy, equal rights, and the end of legal restrictions on women's choices.
Current that uses cryptography and digital technologies to guarantee privacy, freedom, and transactions beyond state control, seeking to weaken surveillance and authority through technological means.
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Socialist ConservatismThird Position24%
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