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A Russian writer, Tolstoy united his literary work with pacifist Christian anarchism, preaching nonviolence, simplicity, and refusal of the state in ways that influenced Gandhi and later movements.
Political topics
Leo Tolstoy leans further toward federal than 94% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Leo Tolstoy stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Leo Tolstoy sits practically at the catalog median.
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Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
Current that unites Christian faith with anarchism, holding that the Gospel preaches love, equality, and nonviolence incompatible with the state, and defending free communities based on conscience and charity.
Synthesis of anarchism and distributism that defends the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, with autonomous communities and cooperatives organized without a state or large monopolies.
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Techno-MonarchismFar-Right30%
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