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The independence leader and first president of Indonesia, Sukarno created Pancasila, combined nationalism, religion and communism in Nasakom, instituted 'Guided Democracy', led the Bandung Conference and nonalignment and was ousted by Suharto after 1965.
Political axes
Sukarno leans further toward autocracy than 69% of the 560 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Representation is where Sukarno stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, Sukarno sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Justicialist doctrine of Juan and Eva Perón uniting political sovereignty, economic independence and social justice, with CGT unions, nationalizations, protected industrialization, social Catholicism and a charismatic leader above parties.
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.
Current that joins a state-run socialist economy and a strong party with patriotism, the traditional family, religion as national heritage and rejection of cultural progressivism, seeing identity politics as a liberal distraction from class struggle.
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Progressive LibertarianismLibertarian25%
A general and president during the military regime, Geisel pursued a policy of "slow, gradual, and safe" political opening, combining controlled liberalization with selective repression of opponents and strong state intervention in the economy.
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A South American presidential republic, Venezuela lives under an authoritarian regime of socialist and nationalist orientation, marked by concentration of power, a prolonged economic crisis, and heavy emigration of its population.
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India's first great empire, the Maurya unified almost the whole subcontinent under Chandragupta, Bindusara and Ashoka, with centralized bureaucracy, espionage, a standing army and the Arthashastra, until Ashoka embraced Buddhism and nonviolence after Kalinga.
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