GermanyKarl Marx was a German philosopher, economist and journalist whose writings, including The Communist Manifesto and Capital, analyzed capitalism as a system of class conflict. He argued that workers would replace it with collective ownership.
In the 12 Axes register, Karl Marx leans hardest on Internationalism – Nationalism: Internationalism 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Karl Marx sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Unitary
Called for centralizing production in the state
Representative Democracy
Praised the Paris Commune and recallable delegates
Liberal
Envisioned the state withering away
World Government
"Workers of the world, unite"
Neutral
Judged wars by their class effects
Polyculturalist
Class solidarity above nationality
Communist
Abolition of private property in production
Planned Economy
Production by a common plan
Free Trade
Saw free trade as hastening change
Atheist
Atheist critic of religion
Revolutionary
Revolutionary overthrow of existing society
Accelerationist
Viewed technology as driving historical progress
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Karl Marx is at Internationalism 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Karl Marx 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.britannica.com
Portrait: John Jabez Edwin Mayall, 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].
