Dengist Socialism
Pragmatic reform initiated by Deng Xiaoping that introduced markets, private property, and economic opening under the absolute control of the Communist Party, forming the model of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
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In one sentence
I want pragmatic socialism, opening markets and private property to enrich the country, under the absolute control of the Communist Party.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Leaning · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Balanced
Nationalism
- Balanced
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · 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 43
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Deng Xiaoping
The leader who reoriented China after Mao, Deng promoted market reforms and economic opening under Communist Party control, creating the model of socialism with Chinese characteristics and the country's rapid growth.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyVictor GaoCommentator and academic96%
SociallyTô LâmGeneral Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam98%
EconomicallyJacques ChiracPresident of the Republic and Gaullist Leader100%
Other compatible profiles
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive95%
PhilosophyThomas HobbesPhilosopher94%
PoliticsHu JintaoGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party93%
PoliticsJiang ZeminGeneral Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party92%
ReligionConfuciusPhilosopher91%
BusinessJack MaEntrepreneur91%
PoliticsLee Kuan YewStatesman91%
Intellectual lifeJosé BonifácioStatesman and naturalist91%
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
Vietnam
One-party reformist socialismA single-party socialist state, Vietnam maintains the Communist Party's political control alongside market reforms that opened the economy, promoting rapid industrial growth and integration into global trade.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyShenzhen (China)Tech-export special economic zone96%
SociallyRwandaAuthoritarian developmental state96%
EconomicallySurinameMultiethnic parliamentary republic100%
The most distant
Assad's Syria
2000–2024Under Bashar al-Assad (2000–2024), Syria was a centralized Ba'athist regime sustained by security forces, a clientelist state economy, and alliances with Russia and Iran during the civil war.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyKingdom of Prussia1701–191889%
SociallyIran under the Shah1953–197992%
EconomicallyWeimar Republic1919–193395%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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- Radical Left
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Closest in other spectrums
- Right
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.
- Far-Right
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.
- Right
Traditionalist Atheism
Thoroughly secular conservatism that rejects faith and clergy while defending hierarchy, family, authority, nation and inherited customs as civilizational goods, treating traditional morality as a social necessity rather than a divine commandment.
The most distant ideology
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