Authoritarian Liberalism
Current that combines a market economy, private property, trade openness, and technocracy with low democratic participation, holding that a strong, efficient state should preserve order, stability, and growth.
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In one sentence
I want a market and technocratic economy, with low democratic participation, under a strong state that guarantees order and growth.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Nationalist
Nationalism
- Leaning · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 87% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 60This ideology 16
Of all the topics, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Morality
On Morality, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 43This ideology 45
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Lee Kuan Yew
Founder of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew transformed the city-state into a model of authoritarian capitalism, uniting open markets, technocratic meritocracy, strict order, and heavily restricted political freedoms.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyOda NobunagaDaimyo and unifier of Japan94%
SociallyDeng XiaopingStatesman94%
EconomicallyCarl MengerEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsAlberto FujimoriPresident of Peru94%
Intellectual lifeVictor GaoCommentator and academic92%
PoliticsJulio Argentino RocaPresident of Argentina91%
EconomicsRoberto CamposEconomist and diplomat90%
BusinessJack MaEntrepreneur90%
PhilosophyThomas HobbesPhilosopher90%
PoliticsCount of CavourPrime Minister of the Kingdom of Sardinia90%
PoliticsHenry KissingerDiplomat89%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Singapore
One-party liberal technocracyAn Asian city-state, Singapore is a parliamentary republic dominated by a single party, combining open capitalism, efficient technocratic management, strict order, and limited political freedoms in the name of progress.
Other close countries
Rwanda
Authoritarian developmental stateAn authoritarian developmental state under Paul Kagame since 2000, Rwanda rebuilt after the 1994 genocide, bans ethnic discourse, restricts the opposition, grows with a tech focus and, per the UN, backs the M23 in Congo.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyShenzhen (China)Tech-export special economic zone94%- SociallySingaporeOne-party liberal technocracy95%
EconomicallyLebanonConfessional-fragmented republic100%
The most distant
Fujimori's Peru
1990–2000Under Alberto Fujimori, Peru combined a self-coup and the closing of Congress with neoliberal shock reforms, privatisations and trade liberalisation, alongside a dirty war against the Shining Path marked by massacres and forced sterilisations.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAssad's Syria2000–202488%
SociallyPark Chung Hee's South Korea1961–197986%
EconomicallyThirteen British Coloniesc. 1732–177699%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Bonapartism
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Right-Wing Technocracy
Model that entrusts the management of the state and the economy to experts and technological efficiency, combining markets, innovation, and technical decisions instead of political deliberation and traditional party competition.
- Right
Liberal Technocracy
Synthesis of the Asian Tigers: entrusts government to a merit-recruited technical elite insulated from the vote and guided by results rather than doctrine, combining free trade, open markets and low taxation with strict public order and state planning where it proves effective.
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