Aristocratism
Doctrine of rule by the best, which entrusts power to a minority qualified by virtue, education or birth, rejecting political equality and majority rule, which it sees as a risk to competence.
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In one sentence
I want government entrusted to a minority qualified by virtue and birth, with limits on majority power and priority for competence.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Strong · Autocracy
Representation
- Strong · Security
Power
- Strong · Assimilation
Immigration
- Balanced
Diplomacy
- Strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Leaning · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Leaning · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Leaning · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Representation
Leans further toward autocracy than 84% of the 260 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 19
Of all the axes, Representation is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Diplomacy
On Diplomacy, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 45This ideology 54
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Plato
A Greek philosopher, Plato criticized Athenian democracy and imagined a city governed by philosophers, with rigid education, moral censorship, and the strong subordination of private interests to the harmony of the political community.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyEngelbert DollfussDictator93%
SociallyMartin HeideggerPhilosopher97%
EconomicallyCelso FurtadoEconomist100%
Other compatible profiles
ReligionConfuciusPhilosopher92%
PhilosophySocratesPhilosopher91%
Political theoryPentti LinkolaRadical ecologist91%
ActivismNick FuentesPolitical commentator and streamer91%
PoliticsJuan Domingo PerónStatesman90%
PoliticsGetúlio VargasStatesman90%
PoliticsJulius NyerereStatesman89%
ReligionIgnatius of LoyolaJesuit priest and founder of the Society of Jesus88%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Republic of Venice
697–1797A powerful medieval merchant republic, Venice was governed by a commercial oligarchy that dominated Mediterranean trade, uniting stable institutions, a strong navy, and immense economic power for centuries.
Other close countries
Algeria
Military-backed presidential republicBorn from the war of independence against France, Algeria is an army-dominated republic with Islam as the state religion, a state-run economy dependent on oil and gas, a non-aligned foreign policy and repression of the Hirak movement.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyHungaryNational-illiberal republic89%
SociallyBelarusStatist-personalist autocracy95%
EconomicallyRussiaStatist-rentier authoritarianism98%
The most distant
Tokugawa Japan
1603–1868The Tokugawa shogunate pacified Japan after the Sengoku era with a feudal system of domains (bakuhan), a rigid four-class social hierarchy, official Neo-Confucianism, a ban on Christianity and external isolation (sakoku).
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyBrazil (Vargas Era)1930–194591%
SociallyQing Dynasty China1644–191295%
EconomicallySankara's Burkina Faso1983–198799%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Far-Right
- Far-Right
Platonism
Plato's political philosophy, entrusting the city's government to a philosophical elite formed by virtue and knowledge, with strong control over education, property and customs in the name of justice and social harmony.
- Far-Right
Eco-Fascism
Current that joins radical ecology, authoritarianism and organic nationalism, defending population control, environmental preservation imposed by the state and the subordination of individual liberties to the survival of the national community.
- Far-Right
Ethnic Nationalism
Conception that defines the nation by shared origin, language and descent, defending a state for the majority ethnic group and the preservation of its identity, which usually implies membership criteria tied to ancestry.
Closest in other spectrums
- Right
Confucianism
Doctrine that grounds political order in the ruler's virtue, ritual hierarchy and filial piety, favouring bureaucratic merit and moral education over coercive law or popular participation.
- Radical Left
Agrarian Socialism
Current that builds socialism from the countryside, with a single party, collectivization into villages and cooperatives, food self-sufficiency and protection of land and forests, as in Nyerere's Ujamaa.
- Third Position
Socialist Conservatism
Current that unites a socialist economy with traditional values, defending social protection and a strong state role alongside family, order, and customs, far from the cultural progressivism of liberal lefts.
The most distant ideology
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