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An English philosopher, Hobbes founded a contractualist theory of the sovereign state, defending strong central authority to contain civil war, guarantee security, and subordinate religious and factional conflicts to public peace.
Political topics
Thomas Hobbes leans further toward autocracy than 86% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Thomas Hobbes stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Thomas Hobbes sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Model of the Communist Party of Vietnam uniting Ho Chi Minh Thought, anticolonial national liberation and the 1986 Đổi Mới: single-party rule, a socialist-oriented market economy, a dominant state sector and openness to global trade.
Model in which the state directs industrialization and economic growth through planning, public investment, and industrial protection, seeking to overcome the nation's backwardness and external dependence.
Pragmatic reform initiated by Deng Xiaoping that introduced markets, private property, and economic opening under the absolute control of the Communist Party, forming the model of socialism with Chinese characteristics.
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Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian31%
Former Deng Xiaoping interpreter and vice president of the CCG think tank, Victor Gao defends one-party rule, unifying Taiwan by any means, Hong Kong's security law and the claim that NATO caused the war in Ukraine.
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A single-party socialist state, Vietnam maintains the Communist Party's political control alongside market reforms that opened the economy, promoting rapid industrial growth and integration into global trade.
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A German kingdom with a strong military and administrative tradition, Prussia united monarchy, a disciplined bureaucracy, and a powerful army, leading German unification and embodying the cameralist state and enlightened despotism.
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