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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.
Political topics
Henri de Saint-Simon leans further toward progressive than 80% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Morality is where Henri de Saint-Simon stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Henri de Saint-Simon sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 263 ideologies
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.
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.
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.
The most distant ideology
Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian35%
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