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A physician and journalist of the French Revolution, Marat edited L’Ami du peuple and advocated popular sovereignty, exceptional measures against counterrevolution, and vigilance over rulers. In The Chains of Slavery (1774), he denounced monarchical despotism.
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Jean-Paul Marat leans further toward public than 74% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Economy is where Jean-Paul Marat stands furthest from the rest.
On Technology, Jean-Paul Marat sits practically at the catalog median.
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Current that defends workers' interests within democracy, promoting labor rights, social security, strong unions, and income distribution through reforms and the welfare state.
Model associated with Brazil's Workers' Party governments that seeks growth with social inclusion, combining rising minimum wages, popular credit, cash transfers and public banks without breaking with the market.
Defense of monarchy as a symbol of unity and continuity, with the king subject to the constitution and parliament, uniting tradition and institutional stability with representative democracy and the rule of law.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian43%
Law professor, TV commentator and former PSD leader, Marcelo was president of Portugal from 2016 to 2026, with a warm, close-to-the-people style, moderate Catholic conservatism, Europeanism and cooperation with left-wing governments.
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Under Hugo Chávez, from 1999 to 2013, Venezuela lived '21st-century socialism', with a new constitution, oil-funded social programs, nationalizations, currency and price controls, deep polarization, confrontation with the United States and power concentrated in the president.
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