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Adviser to Chandragupta and attributed author of the Arthashastra, Chanakya (Kautilya) set out a doctrine of a strong monarchical state, with espionage, a regulated economy, a standing army and the mandala theory of states, in which the neighbor is a potential rival.
Political topics
Chanakya leans further toward autocracy than 84% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Chanakya stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Chanakya sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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System that unites free enterprise with strong protectionism and state direction, prioritizing industry, jobs, and national sovereignty over global free trade and unchecked foreign capital.
Nationalist and syndicalist current that rejects liberalism and Marxism, advocating national unity, corporatist organization of labor, authoritarian social justice, and popular mobilization around the state.
Current that preserves order, tradition, and hierarchy through a strong state, restricting freedoms and political participation in the name of social stability, morality, religion, and established authority.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian25%
The creator of fascism, Mussolini ruled Italy as a totalitarian dictatorship built on a leader cult and a corporatist state. An atheist and anticlerical in his youth, he made the Church a political ally through the 1929 Lateran Pacts, more from expediency than faith.
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A Himalayan region with a Muslim majority, disputed by India, Pakistan and China, Jammu and Kashmir lost its special autonomy in 2019 and became a union territory governed by New Delhi, with insurgency, a heavy military presence and tourism.
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India's first great empire, the Maurya unified almost the whole subcontinent under Chandragupta, Bindusara and Ashoka, with centralized bureaucracy, espionage, a standing army and the Arthashastra, until Ashoka embraced Buddhism and nonviolence after Kalinga.
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