Marxist Socialism
Marx's original doctrine, analyzing history as class struggle and predicting capitalism's overcoming through proletarian revolution, with abolition of private ownership of the means of production and strong criticism of religion.
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In one sentence
I want the proletarian revolution, abolishing private ownership of the means of production and overcoming religion as the opium of the people.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Balanced
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Balanced
Nationalism
- Very strong · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Free market
- Very strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward irreligious than 98% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 96
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Nationalism
On Nationalism, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 54This ideology 48
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Karl Marx
A German philosopher and economist, Marx created historical materialism and the critique of capitalism, analyzing class struggle and the exploitation of labor, and became the greatest reference of socialism and communism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist97%
SociallyLeon TrotskyRevolutionary97%
EconomicallyDaniel GuérinLibertarian socialist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsMiguel Díaz-CanelPresident of Cuba96%
EconomicsOskar LangeEconomist96%
PoliticsGrigory ZinovievBolshevik revolutionary and Soviet leader96%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader95%
PoliticsThomas SankaraRevolutionary94%
ReligionAuguste ComtePhilosopher93%
EconomicsOtto NeurathPhilosopher and economist93%
PoliticsLouis Auguste BlanquiRevolutionary93%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Germany
Social-exporting republicA parliamentary federal republic, Germany is Europe's largest economy, with a social market economy, a strong export industry, and a central role in the European Union, uniting democratic stability and geopolitical weight.
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
PoliticallyFranceSocial-republican republic84%
SociallyWashington (United States)Secular progressive region84%
EconomicallyZapatista Chiapas (Mexico)Indigenous-communal autonomy100%
The most distant
Cuba under Fidel Castro
1959–2008Ruled by Fidel Castro from 1959 to 2008, Cuba became a one-party socialist state, with a nationalized economy, universal health and education, a Soviet alliance, repression of dissidents, mass exile and confrontation with the United States, from the embargo to the missile crisis.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–194089%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199293%
EconomicallyParis CommuneMarch–May 1871100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Broad doctrine that advocates social or collective ownership of the means of production and economic planning to overcome capitalist exploitation, accepting both the revolutionary and the reformist road to get there.
The most distant ideology
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