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Ophthalmologist and Republican senator from Kentucky since 2011, son of Ron Paul. A conservative libertarian, he defends minimal government, spending cuts, ending the president's tariff power, non-intervention and limits on surveillance; opposes abortion.
Political axes
Rand Paul leans further toward free market than 98% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Control is where Rand Paul stands furthest from the rest.
On Immigration, Rand Paul sits practically at the catalog median.
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Synthesis that unites free markets and a minimal state with the defense of tradition, family, and order, valuing individual freedom and personal responsibility alongside the preservation of customs and institutions.
Branch that unites anti-politics, radical free markets, and direct popular communication, attacking bureaucracies, taxes, and party elites in the name of individual freedom, entrepreneurship, and the sovereignty of the ordinary citizen.
Current that sees monarchy as a guarantee of freedom and stability, defending a king with limited power who protects property and individual rights and maintains a lean, minimally interventionist state.
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Pol Pot SocialismRadical Left28%
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A rare society without a central state, medieval Iceland was organized by local chieftains and an assembly, the Althing, settling disputes through laws and private agreements in a decentralized system close to anarchy.
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