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Anglican cleric and British economist, author of An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798): he argued that population outgrows food supply and defended moral restraint and reform of the Poor Laws.
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Thomas Malthus leans further toward private than 88% of the 568 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Economy is where Thomas Malthus stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Thomas Malthus sits practically at the catalog median.
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Doctrine inspired by Malthus that proposes curbing population growth through late marriage, education and family responsibility, replacing poor relief with work incentives and protecting property and national agriculture.
Current that grounds politics in Christian morality and tradition, defending family, life, and religious values within democracy, with emphasis on preserving the people's customs and cultural heritage.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
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Techno-CommunismAnarchist28%
A Canadian psychologist, Peterson became a reference of liberal cultural conservatism, criticizing identity progressivism and defending individual responsibility, tradition, free speech, and symbolic order.
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The second-largest country in Africa, the Democratic Republic of the Congo is led by Tshisekedi, with a fragile state, war in the east against M23 and other militias, vast cobalt and copper wealth and a legacy of Mobutism and Belgian rule.
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Lutheran German state with pioneering manufacturing and mining, a Catholic dynasty, and parliamentary traditions inside the German Confederation and Empire.
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