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De facto ruler of Florence from 1469, Lorenzo balanced diplomacy among the Italian powers and consolidated Medici influence. A poet and humanist, he gathered artists and philosophers at his court.
Political topics
Lorenzo de’ Medici leans further toward autocracy than 84% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Lorenzo de’ Medici stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, Lorenzo de’ Medici sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 263 ideologies
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
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.
Greco-Roman philosophy that teaches living according to reason and nature, accepting with serenity what lies beyond one's control, cultivating duty, self-mastery and virtue above pleasure, and recognizing a natural law common to all rational humanity.
The most distant ideology
Techno-CommunismAnarchist25%
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