Eco-Authoritarianism
Current that advocates a strong, interventionist state to confront the environmental crisis, subordinating economic and political freedoms to ecological urgency and strict control of consumption and production.
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In one sentence
I want a society where the state imposes strict limits on consumption and production to halt the ecological crisis, above individual freedoms.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Free market
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Strong · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 82% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 60This ideology 21
Of all the topics, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Immigration
On Immigration, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 50This ideology 34
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Garrett Hardin
An American ecologist, Hardin popularized the Tragedy of the Commons, arguing that shared resources degrade without control, a thesis that influenced debates on the environment, property, and population control.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyDomenico LosurdoMarxist historian and philosopher93%
SociallyAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist89%
EconomicallyCarlos MarighellaGuerrilla leader and Marxist theorist100%
Other compatible profiles
EconomicsOskar LangeEconomist89%
PoliticsThomas SankaraRevolutionary88%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer88%
PoliticsMiguel Díaz-CanelPresident of Cuba87%
PoliticsSamora MachelGuerrilla leader and statesman87%
PoliticsLázaro CárdenasStatesman87%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader86%
ReligionAuguste ComtePhilosopher86%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
China
One-party industrial socialismA single-party socialist state, China unites the absolute political control of the Communist Party with a state-directed market economy, becoming a global industrial, technological, and geopolitical power.
Other close countries
Cuba
One-party egalitarian socialismA single-party socialist state in the Caribbean, Cuba maintains a planned economy, strong state control, and universal public services, with power centralized since the revolution led by Fidel Castro in 1959.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism85%
SociallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism75%
EconomicallyZapatista Chiapas (Mexico)Indigenous-communal autonomy96%
The most distant
Sankara's Burkina Faso
1983–1987Under Thomas Sankara, Burkina Faso combined food self-sufficiency, mass vaccination and literacy campaigns, women's emancipation, rejection of foreign debt, and a frontal break with French neocolonialism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCuba under Fidel Castro1959–200887%
SociallySoviet Union (USSR)1922–199187%
EconomicallyNasser's Egypt1954–197099%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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