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German novelist, 1929 Nobel laureate, author of Buddenbrooks and The Magic Mountain. A nationalist conservative in Reflections of a Nonpolitical Man (1918), he came to defend the Weimar Republic and, exiled in the US, became an anti-Nazi voice.
Political axes
Thomas Mann leans further toward progressive than 83% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where Thomas Mann stands furthest from the rest.
On Structure, Thomas Mann sits practically at the catalog median.
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Branch that combines individual freedoms with strong state action to guarantee welfare, education, and healthcare, defending equal opportunity and social security within the market economy.
Current that seeks to reconcile capitalism and social justice through democracy, defending regulated markets, a strong welfare state, labor rights, and redistribution to reduce social inequalities.
Liberal current that accepts an active role for the state in the economy and in guaranteeing rights, combining individual freedoms and markets with regulation and public policies aimed at the collective good and equality.
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FeudalismFar-Right31%
Portuguese Socialist, prime minister 2015–2023: governed with the Left Bloc and Communists, ran a budget surplus and resigned after Operation Influencer. Since December 2024 he has chaired the European Council.
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A Nordic parliamentary republic, Iceland combines stable democracy, a welfare state, an open market economy, a highly secular and progressive society, strong institutional trust, and a peaceful foreign policy without permanent armed forces.
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Post-apartheid transition under Nelson Mandela: first multiracial elections, a government of national unity, the 1996 Constitution, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and moderately liberal economic policy.
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