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A central poet of the Scottish Renaissance and advocate of Scottish independence, MacDiarmid combined cultural nationalism with revolutionary socialism and communist internationalism.
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Hugh MacDiarmid leans further toward federal than 84% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Hugh MacDiarmid stands furthest from the rest.
On Economy, Hugh MacDiarmid sits practically at the catalog median.
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Political stance that judges proposals by the practical results they produce rather than fidelity to an ideological dogma, combining market measures, regulation, and social policy according to evidence and each problem's context.
Centrism taken to its limit: it refuses any leaning on principle and seeks exact equidistance between every pole, from economics to morality, treating each dimension as a balance point to be preserved.
Political position that seeks balance between left and right, valuing moderation, pragmatism, and consensus, and combining elements of different currents to avoid extremes and favor gradual reforms.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left35%
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