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An American statesman, Kennedy combined reformist liberalism, Cold War anti-communism, civil rights, and technological modernization, symbolizing the New Frontier agenda.
Political topics
John F. Kennedy leans further toward multiculturalism than 76% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Immigration is where John F. Kennedy stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, John F. Kennedy sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Geopolitical doctrine of the alliance between the US, Canada and Europe around NATO and the EU, which backs the alliance's eastward expansion and the use of Western military power to spread liberal democracy and free markets against Russia and China.
1990s renewal of the center-left under Blair, Clinton and Giddens that accepts globalized markets and fiscal discipline, replaces welfare with work activation, is tough on crime and backs liberal interventions.
Militant democracy doctrine, authorizing a democratic state to restrict the enemies of democracy itself by banning anti-system parties, monitoring extremists and maintaining conscription and reinforced security to defend the constitutional order.
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Anarcho-ConservatismLibertarian41%
King of Spain since 2014, a militarily trained constitutional monarch. In his 3 October 2017 speech he condemned the Catalan separatist referendum to defend constitutional unity; he renounced his father's inheritance and promotes transparency and Europeanism.
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An island presidential republic, Taiwan is a vibrant democracy and global technology hub, especially semiconductors, living under constant military threat from China, and is Asia's pioneer in progressive causes such as marriage equality.
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Germany's first democracy, the Weimar Republic united parliamentarism, proportional representation, and intense cultural life, but was undermined by economic crises and political instability that paved the way for Nazism.
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