IndiaMahatma Gandhi was the leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule. A lawyer by training, he developed nonviolent civil disobedience and advocated village self-reliance, religious tolerance and simple living.
In the 12 Axes register, Mahatma Gandhi leans hardest on Militarist – Pacifist: Pacifist 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Mahatma Gandhi sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Federational
Envisioned self-governing village republics
Direct Democracy
Favored local, participatory self-rule
Libertarian
Civil disobedience against state coercion
Non-Interventionist
Indian self-rule with universalist ethics
Anti-War
Strict nonviolence in all conflicts
Multiculturalist
Worked for Hindu-Muslim unity
Social Democratic
Trusteeship: wealth held for the community
Balanced
Neither state planning nor free markets
Protectionist
Swadeshi: buy and make locally
Religious
Deeply religious Hindu, respected all faiths
Conservative
Valued traditional village life, opposed untouchability
Decelerationist
Criticized machinery and industrial civilization
Set against the median of all 124 figures in the register.
Federal – Unitary
On Federal – Unitary, Mahatma Gandhi is at Federal 83%. The register median is Unitary 68%.
Internationalism – Nationalism
On Internationalism – Nationalism, Mahatma Gandhi is at balanced 50%, almost the register median of balanced 50%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.britannica.com
Portrait: Elliott & Fry, 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].
