Thinkers and political figures
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Adolf Hitler
- Country
- Germany
- Era
- 1889–1945
- Tradition
- Nazism
Dictator of Nazi Germany, responsible for the Holocaust and for starting the war in Europe. He is included here only so that the ideology can be studied, and is excluded from all result matching.
01
Documented positions
Documented positions come from the sources listed. Similarity is this project’s inference from those positions, and is a much weaker claim.
- A racial theory of the state, with citizenship and life itself conditioned on ancestry
- Abolition of all opposition parties, independent courts, unions and free press
- Territorial conquest as national policy
- The systematic extermination of European Jews as state policy
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
45
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Documented
The state in the economy
18
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
1
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
8
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Well documented
Nation and the world
99
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Power and its limits
1
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
2
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Well documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Environment and growth, Religion and the state
Sources
- Holocaust Encyclopedia · United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Source (opens in a new tab)
- Ian Kershaw, Hitler: A Biography · W. W. Norton · 2008
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