GermanyFriedrich Engels was a German philosopher and businessman who co-founded Marxism with Karl Marx. He co-wrote The Communist Manifesto, wrote The Condition of the Working Class in England, and edited the later volumes of Capital.
In the 12 Axes register, Friedrich Engels leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Friedrich Engels sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Called for a 'one and indivisible republic' over federalism in 1891
Representative Democracy
Called for democratic republic as workers' political form
Liberal
Predicted the state would wither away
World Government
Appealed to workers of all nations to unite
Neutral
Wrote military analyses and supported wars of revolution
Polyculturalist
Class solidarity above nationality
Communist
Co-authored call to abolish private property in production
Planned Economy
Argued production should follow a common social plan
Free Trade
Saw free trade as hastening capitalism's collapse
Atheist
Atheist critic of religion
Revolutionary
Co-authored the call for revolutionary overthrow in 1848
Accelerationist
Treated science and industry as driving history
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Friedrich Engels is at Internationalism 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Friedrich Engels is at Unitary 68%, almost the register median of Unitary 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.deutsche-biographie.de
Portrait: William Hall (1826–ca. 1898) (cropped and sepia tone removed), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
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].
