Classical Liberalism
Original branch of liberalism that defends natural rights, property, free markets, and a minimal state, seeing individual freedom and the strict limitation of power as the foundations of a just society.
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In one sentence
I want a society of natural rights and sacred property, with a minimal state and free market as the foundations of a just life.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Federal
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Strong · Private
Economy
- Strong · Free market
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Power
Leans further toward liberty than 94% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 55This ideology 6
Of all the topics, Power is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Religion
On Religion, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 73
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
John Locke
The father of classical liberalism, Locke grounded the natural rights to life, liberty, and property and government limited by consent and the separation of powers, inspiring the modern liberal revolutions.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyRobert NozickPhilosopher100%
SociallyLysander SpoonerJurist99%
EconomicallyFriedrich HayekEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
Intellectual lifeHal FinneyCryptographer99%
BusinessJosiah WarrenInventor, Manufacturer, and Anarchist Philosopher99%
ActivismRaphaël LimaPolitical Activist and Communicator99%
EconomicsDavid FriedmanEconomist and anarcho-capitalist theorist99%
EconomicsGustave de MolinariPolitical economist98%
Intellectual lifeNathaniel BrandenObjectivist psychologist97%
ActivismJohn McAfeeEntrepreneur and activist97%
PhilosophyMax MorePhilosopher97%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
United Kingdom
Liberal-financial monarchyA parliamentary monarchy, the United Kingdom has a long liberal and democratic tradition, a market economy, and a strong financial sector, maintaining global influence after leaving the European Union in the process known as Brexit.
Other close countries
New Hampshire (United States)
Libertarian-fiscal regionA small state in the northeastern United States, New Hampshire is known for its strong libertarian culture, low taxation, absence of a state income tax, and a motto that exalts liberty above all.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyColorado (United States)Liberal Democratic region91%
SociallyNevada (United States)Market-and-gaming region91%
EconomicallyWyoming (United States)Libertarian-extractive region98%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193978%
SociallyParis CommuneMarch–May 187172%
EconomicallyPinochet's Chile1973–199098%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Libertarian
- Libertarian
Minarchism
Libertarian branch that defends a minimal state limited to police, courts, and defense, leaving everything else to the market and private initiative, to protect individual rights without oppressing freedom.
- Libertarian
Libertarianism
Philosophy that advocates maximum individual freedom and a state reduced to essential functions, valuing private property, free markets, and personal autonomy while rejecting state coercion over life.
- Libertarian
Libertarian Populism
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Neoliberalism
Current that advocates free markets, deregulation, privatization, and fiscal discipline, reducing the state's economic role and trusting competition and monetary stability as engines of prosperity.
- Right
Liberalism
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
- Anarchist
Egoist Anarchism
Current founded by Max Stirner in The Ego and Its Own (1844), which rejects the state, morality, religion and rights as spooks and proposes voluntary unions of egoists who associate only while it serves them.
The most distant ideology
ReactionaryismFar-Right26%