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Parliamentarian commander and Lord Protector of England, Cromwell took part in the execution of Charles I and consolidated a centralized Puritan republic; his campaigns in Ireland and Scotland extended English power.
Political topics
Oliver Cromwell leans further toward autocracy than 67% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Representation is where Oliver Cromwell stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, Oliver Cromwell sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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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.
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.
Conservative tradition that accepts social reforms and protection for the poorest to preserve national cohesion, seeing elites as responsible for the people's welfare and for harmony between classes.
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Techno-AnarchismAnarchist32%
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