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Bavarian monarch renowned for patronage of Richard Wagner and fairy-tale castles like Neuschwanstein, fiercely defending Bavarian cultural autonomy and Catholic identity.
Political axes
Ludwig II of Bavaria leans further toward religious than 90% of the 602 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Ludwig II of Bavaria stands furthest from the rest.
On Power, Ludwig II of Bavaria sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
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Aristotle's political philosophy, defending a mixed constitution of monarchical, aristocratic and popular elements to avoid both tyranny and radical democracy, reserving full citizenship for those with virtue, property and the education to deliberate.
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
American traditionalist right, of Buchanan and Kirk, defending Christian heritage, localism and states' rights, immigration restriction, protectionism and non-interventionism, against neoconservatives and the managerial state.
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Crypto-AnarchismLibertarian36%
Pope from 1878 to 1903, Leo XIII founded Catholic social teaching with the encyclical Rerum Novarum, defending a just wage, workers' associations and private property against socialism and liberalism, and revived Thomism.
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A presidential republic under a dominant party, Tanzania has been governed by the CCM since independence, heir to Nyerere's ujamaa socialism, with a union of mainland and Zanzibar, gradual economic opening and growing repression of the opposition.
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A federation of Central European territories, the Holy Roman Empire gathered principalities and cities under an elected emperor and strong Church influence, marked by fragmented power and the autonomy of its members.
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