Labourism
Current that defends workers' interests within democracy, promoting labor rights, social security, strong unions, and income distribution through reforms and the welfare state.
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In one sentence
I want a society where strong unions and the welfare state guarantee labor rights and income distributed through democracy.
Political topics
Profile across mindedfolk
- Balanced
Structure
- Strong · Democracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Leaning · Internationalist
Nationalism
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Free market
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Leaning · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 68% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 36
Of all the topics, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Immigration
On Immigration, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 50This ideology 50
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Leonel Brizola
A Brazilian politician, Brizola was one of the great names of labourism, defending nationalism, social reforms, public education, and workers' rights, with strong activity before and after the dictatorship.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyCiro GomesPolitician96%
SociallyJoão GoulartStatesman96%
EconomicallyCelso FurtadoEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsJuscelino KubitschekStatesman95%
PoliticsJean-Paul MaratJournalist and revolutionary94%
BusinessAdriano OlivettiIndustrialist, Urban Planner, and Political Theorist93%
PoliticsAldo RebeloPolitician and Writer93%
PoliticsKeir HardiePolitician93%
PoliticsEnéas CarneiroPolitician92%
PoliticsGeraldo AlckminVice President of Brazil92%
PoliticsAldo MoroPrime Minister of Italy92%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Brazil
Social-developmentalist republicThe largest country in Latin America, Brazil is a democratic presidential federal republic with a mixed economy, broad social policies, and strong regional, cultural, and political diversity that shapes its electoral disputes.
Other close countries
Pennsylvania (United States)
Divided industrial regionAn industrial northeastern state and cradle of the Constitution, Pennsylvania is split between Democratic Philadelphia and Pittsburgh and a conservative interior, with shale gas, a union tradition, hunting culture and a state monopoly on wine and spirits.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallySurinameMultiethnic parliamentary republic92%- SociallyBrazilSocial-developmentalist republic90%
EconomicallyBelarusStatist-personalist autocracy99%
The most distant
Weimar Republic
1919–1933Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyChávez's Venezuela1999–201389%
SociallyNew Deal United States1933–194588%
EconomicallySankara's Burkina Faso1983–198799%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
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- Center
Communitarianism
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- Center
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- Center
Armed Pacifism
Armed neutrality that refuses alliances, interventions and foreign projection, yet sustains robust armed forces, compulsory service and prepared territorial defense, treating military strength as the guarantee of not being dragged into other nations wars.
The most distant ideology
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