Neoreaction
Current that rejects modern democracy and egalitarianism and proposes replacing them with hierarchical, efficient governments run like companies by a sovereign, combining traditionalism and technology.
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In one sentence
I want a society ruled by a hierarchical sovereign like a CEO, without democracy, uniting tradition and technology in a lean, efficient state.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Balanced
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Leaning · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Strong · Private
Economy
- Leaning · Free market
Control
- Leaning · Globalism
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Strong · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 94% of the 253 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 59This ideology 10
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Power
On Power, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 55This ideology 56
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Curtis Yarvin
A political theorist known as Mencius Moldbug, Yarvin formulated neoreaction, proposing to replace democracy with a state run like a company by a sovereign-executive, on the model of neocameralism.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyJohn C. CalhounVice president and political theorist90%
SociallySalvador DalíSurrealist painter97%
EconomicallyPeter ThielEntrepreneur100%
Other compatible profiles
PoliticsJefferson DavisPresident of the Confederate States88%
PhilosophyNick LandPhilosopher88%
Intellectual lifeGalileo GalileiPhysicist and astronomer86%
Intellectual lifeWilliam F. Buckley Jr.Intellectual86%
PoliticsRomeu ZemaGovernor and businessman86%
BusinessJohn D. RockefellerIndustrialist and philanthropist85%
PoliticsCarlos LacerdaJournalist and governor85%
EconomicsRoberto CamposEconomist and diplomat84%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Singapore
One-party liberal technocracyAn Asian city-state, Singapore is a parliamentary republic dominated by a single party, combining open capitalism, efficient technocratic management, strict order, and limited political freedoms in the name of progress.
Other close countries
United Arab Emirates
Rentier-diversified federationA federation of Gulf monarchies, the United Arab Emirates combines power concentrated in the royal families, a liberal economy diversified beyond oil, and strong bets on technology, tourism, and global finance.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFlorida (United States)Conservative-touristic region86%
SociallyEl SalvadorSecurity-digital republic93%
EconomicallyMacau (China)Hyper-open recreational region99%
The most distant
Renaissance Florence
1115–1532A city-state of the Italian Renaissance, Florence united banking and commercial capitalism, factional disputes among guilds and families such as the Medici, and a patronage that revolutionized the arts, letters, and political thought.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyFujimori's Peru1990–200085%
SociallyBritish Empire1837–190194%
EconomicallyConfederate States of America1861–186599%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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Dark Enlightenment
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- Far-Right
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Industrial Capitalism
Capitalism of the great industrialists such as Henry Ford, Rockefeller and Thomas Edison, exalting the factory, mass production, invention and the entrepreneur, with a work ethic, traditional family and minimal state interference.
- Right
Neocameralism
A doctrine of Curtis Yarvin that proposes running the state as a joint-stock company: shareholders, a sovereign CEO, citizens as customers who can leave, guaranteed private property and politics replaced by management.
- Right
Federalist Monarchism
Current advocating a monarch who actually governs, as constitutional head of the executive or absolute sovereign, over a federation of states or regions with broad self-government, as in the German Empire of 1871, the United Arab Emirates, and Malaysia.
The most distant ideology
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