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A scientist and statesman known as the "Patriarch of Independence," José Bonifácio was the chief political architect of Brazil's 1822 separation from Portugal, favoring a centralized state, gradual abolition of slavery, and a unified nation under constitutional monarchy.
Political topics
José Bonifácio leans further toward autocracy than 74% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where José Bonifácio stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, José Bonifácio sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Doctrine combining free enterprise and competition in the domestic market with an external tariff wall, subsidies for infant industry, a national bank, public infrastructure and trade surplus as a source of national power.
Nineteenth-century constitutional monarchy model in which the monarch exercises a fourth Moderating Power above the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary, arbitrating conflicts and guaranteeing stability over an agrarian economy.
Caesarist current that legitimises a charismatic leader by plebiscite above parties, combining personal authority, bureaucratic centralisation, military mobilisation and state-led modernising reforms.
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Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist29%
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An ephemeral republic created by Simón Bolívar, Gran Colombia gathered vast territories of northern South America into a centralist, militarized state, which dissolved within a few years due to regional and political rivalries.
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