Utopian Socialism
Early 19th-century current that envisioned an industrial society reorganized by rational planning, led by scientists, engineers and producers, replacing politicians and aristocrats without appealing to class struggle or revolution.
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In one sentence
I want an industrial society run by scientists and producers, rationally planned, superseding politicians and aristocrats without revolution.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Autocracy
Representation
- Leaning · Security
Power
- Leaning · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Strong · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Balanced
Free market
- Leaning · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Morality
Leans further toward progressive than 75% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 43This ideology 69
Of all the topics, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Free market
On Free market, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 61This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Henri de Saint-Simon
A precursor of technocracy, Saint-Simon proposed an industrial society governed by scientists, engineers, and producers instead of politicians and aristocrats, influencing later socialism and positivism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyOskar LangeEconomist97%
SociallyMiguel Díaz-CanelPresident of Cuba97%
EconomicallyMikhail GorbachevStatesman100%
Other compatible profiles
EconomicsKarl MarxPhilosopher and economist95%
ReligionAuguste ComtePhilosopher94%
Political theoryHoward ScottEngineer94%
ActivismLuís Carlos PrestesCommunist leader93%
Political theoryAntonio GramsciMarxist theorist93%
PoliticsThomas SankaraRevolutionary93%
EconomicsSidney WebbFabian economist and politician93%
BusinessRong YirenIndustrialist and state executive92%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
France
Social-republican republicA European semi-presidential republic, France combines a strong republican and secular tradition, a robust welfare state, a mixed economy, and a prominent diplomatic, cultural, and military role in the European Union and the world.
Other close countries
Mozambique
Dominant party in conflictA presidential republic ruled by Frelimo since independence from Portugal in 1975, Mozambique overcame civil war, faces a jihadist insurgency in Cabo Delgado, violently disputed elections in 2024 and an economy of gas, coal and farming.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyVenezuelaStatist-socialist authoritarianism87%
SociallyMinnesota (United States)Divided Democratic region85%
EconomicallyGreenland (Denmark)Arctic-social autonomous territory100%
The most distant
Cárdenas's Mexico
1934–1940Government of the Cardenista peak, marking the institutionalized Mexican Revolution through oil nationalization, ejido land reform, worker-peasant incorporation, popular secularism, and strong presidential leadership.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySankara's Burkina Faso1983–198790%
SociallySocialist Yugoslavia1945–199295%
EconomicallyWeimar Republic1919–193397%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Left
- Left
Left-Wing Technocracy
Model that combines socialist planning with scientific management of the economy, entrusting expert committees, rather than elections or party competition, with the rational organization of production and the egalitarian distribution of society's resources.
- Left
Anti-Colonial Socialism
Socialist current born of national liberation struggles in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, defending economic sovereignty, resource nationalization, non-alignment, and solidarity among peoples of the Global South against imperialism.
- Left
State Developmentalism
Model in which the state directs industrialization and economic growth through planning, public investment, and industrial protection, seeking to overcome the nation's backwardness and external dependence.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Positivism
Current inspired by Auguste Comte that trusts science and reason to organize society, defending order, progress, and technical administration guided by knowledge in place of metaphysics and tradition.
- Radical Left
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.
- Center
Technocracy
Model of government in which decisions are made by experts and technical, scientific criteria, entrusting engineers, economists, and scientists with the rational and efficient management of the state and the economy.
The most distant ideology
Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian35%