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Athenian statesman and general, Pericles led Athens through its democratic and cultural golden age, expanded popular participation in institutions, funded the Parthenon with the Delian League's treasury, and led the city into the Peloponnesian War.
Political topics
Pericles leans further toward assimilation than 92% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Immigration is where Pericles stands furthest from the rest.
On Religion, Pericles sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Current that combines popular sovereignty and democratic institutions with strong cultural nationalism, prioritizing the nation's interests and identity over supranational commitments and multiculturalism.
Democratic Party current born with Franklin Roosevelt that joins financial regulation, social security, public works and strong unions with civic patriotism, preserved capitalism and international leadership.
Ideology that places the nation as the central value, defending its sovereignty, unity, and identity, and prioritizing the interests of the people and the nation-state over external influences and globalism.
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Anarcho-NaturismAnarchist37%
Prominent Greek liberal statesman who spearheaded territorial doubling through the Balkan Wars, pursued the Megali Idea, and allied Greece with the Entente in World War I.
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An Asian presidential republic, South Korea combines a vibrant democracy, an export-oriented market economy, and technological leadership, the result of rapid development under strong state impetus.
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Under Franklin Roosevelt, the United States expanded federal power with Social Security, bank regulation, public works and stronger unions, while keeping capitalism, racial segregation in the South and mobilizing for the Second World War.
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