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A Brazilian general and dictator, Médici governed during the most repressive period of the military dictatorship, uniting heavy censorship and political persecution with the so-called economic miracle of accelerated growth and colossal public works.
Political topics
Emílio Garrastazu Médici leans further toward autocracy than 93% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Emílio Garrastazu Médici stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Emílio Garrastazu Médici sits close to the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Conception that defines the nation by shared origin, language and descent, defending a state for the majority ethnic group and the preservation of its identity, which usually implies membership criteria tied to ancestry.
Defense of monarchy with unlimited power concentrated in the sovereign, legitimized by tradition or divine right, without a constitution or parliament to restrict the king's authority over state and society.
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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Anarcho-PacifismAnarchist22%
King of England from 1509 to 1547, Henry VIII broke with Rome through the Act of Supremacy (1534), became head of the Church of England, dissolved the monasteries, centralized power in the Crown under Thomas Cromwell and executed opponents such as Thomas More.
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An authoritarian developmental state under Paul Kagame since 2000, Rwanda rebuilt after the 1994 genocide, bans ethnic discourse, restricts the opposition, grows with a tech focus and, per the UN, backs the M23 in Congo.
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Dictatorship installed in 1964, combining political repression, censorship, and security agencies with state-led developmentalism, major infrastructure projects, market reserves, and conservative moralism during the Cold War.
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