Inventor and businessman

Thomas Edison

American inventor and businessman with over a thousand patents, he created the phonograph, the commercial light bulb and the first industrial research lab. He backed direct current against Tesla and was a deist freethinker critical of organized religion.

1847–1931

Portrait: Thomas Edison — Wikimedia Commons / Wikipédia

Profile across the 12 axes

How Thomas Edison positions on each of the 12 political dimensions measured by 12 Axes.

Structure

Leaning - Federal

Federal 63%

Unitary 38%

Representation

Leaning - Democracy

Democracy 58%

Autocracy 43%

Power

Balanced

Security 51%

Liberty 49%

Immigration

Leaning - Assimilation

Assimilation 60%

Multiculturalism 40%

Diplomacy

Balanced

Militarist 44%

Pacifist 56%

Intervention

Balanced

Non-interventionist 49%

Nationalist 51%

Economy

Leaning - Private

Public 29%

Private 71%

Control

Leaning - Free market

Planning 38%

Free market 63%

Trade

Leaning - Protectionism

Protectionism 58%

Globalism 43%

Religion

Strong - Irreligious

Irreligious 86%

Religious 14%

Morality

Leaning - Traditionalist

Progressive 29%

Traditionalist 71%

Technology

Strong - Technology

Technology 85%

Biology 15%

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