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The spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism, the 14th Dalai Lama champions nonviolence, Tibetan autonomy through the middle way, democratization of the exiled community, and dialogue between science and religion.
Political topics
Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) leans further toward federal than 85% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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The closest among the 263 ideologies
Applies the Dharma to politics: Ashoka's righteous king, Schumacher's Buddhist economics, Buddhadasa's Dhammic socialism and Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. It prioritizes nonviolence, moderate consumption, community and harmony with nature.
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
A system in which citizens decide laws directly through referendums, popular initiatives, assemblies and recall of officials, instead of delegating to representatives, as in the Swiss cantons and classical Athens.
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Stalinist SocialismRadical Left32%
An American political philosopher, Sandel is one of the leading exponents of communitarianism, criticizing procedural liberalism and holding that justice, virtue, and the common good arise from community bonds.
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