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Che Guevara

Role
Argentine-born revolutionary
Lived
1928–1967
Country of activity
Cuba Cuba
Strongest axis
Collectivize 95%

Che Guevara was an Argentine-born physician and Marxist revolutionary who became a leading figure in the Cuban Revolution. He served as a Cuban minister, wrote on guerrilla warfare and was killed leading an insurgency in Bolivia.

In the 12 Axes register, Che Guevara leans hardest on Collectivize – Privatize: Collectivize 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.

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The twelve axes

Where Che Guevara sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.

Government

FederalUnitary 83%

Centralized

Favored centralized revolutionary state

DemocraticAutocratic 83%

Oligarchy

Vanguard rule, rejected electoral politics

Security 83%Freedom

Authoritarian

Oversaw revolutionary tribunals

Diplomacy

Internationalism 83%Nationalism

Internationalism

Proletarian internationalism across continents

Militarist 83%Pacifist

Militarist

Advocated guerrilla warfare worldwide

AssimilationistMulticulturalist 68%

Polyculturalist

Anti-racist, anti-colonial solidarity

Economy

Collectivize 95%Privatize

Communist

Sought abolition of private enterprise

Planned 95%Markets

Planned Economy

Centralized budgetary planning

Isolationism 83%Globalism

Protectionist

Trade mainly within the socialist bloc

Society

Irreligious 83%Religious

Atheist

Marxist atheist

Progressive 95%Traditional

Revolutionary

Called for a socialist "new man"

Acceleration 68%Bioconservative

Technological

Favored rapid industrialization

What stands out

Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.

Most distinctive axis

Democratic – Autocratic

On Democratic – Autocratic, Che Guevara is at Autocratic 83%. The register median is Democratic 68%.

Most ordinary axis

Federal – Unitary

On Federal – Unitary, Che Guevara is at Unitary 83%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.

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Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.

Sources and image credit

Portrait: Alberto Korda, restored by Adam Cuerden, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.

About these positions

The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].