Thinkers and political figures
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Ho Chi Minh
- Country
- Vietnam
- Era
- 1890–1969
- Tradition
- Marxism-Leninism, anti-colonial nationalism
Led Vietnam’s struggle against French and then American power, opening the 1945 declaration of independence by quoting the American one, and building a one-party socialist state in the north.
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.
- Declaration of Independence (1945), opening with the American and French rights declarations
- Land reform in North Vietnam, redistributing holdings with a campaign that included executions of landlords
- One-party rule under the Communist Party with central planning
- Protracted armed struggle against France and then the United States
- Anti-colonialism as a global cause, forged during years organising abroad
02
Where it sits on each dimension
Wealth and inequality
8
RedistributionMarket outcomes
Evidence: Well documented
The state in the economy
10
Active stateLimited state
Evidence: Well documented
Personal liberty
16
Collective orderIndividual freedom
Evidence: Well documented
Tradition and change
62
ContinuityReform
Evidence: Documented
Nation and the world
84
InternationalistNationalist
Evidence: Well documented
Religion and the state
12
Secular stateReligion in public life
Evidence: Documented
Power and its limits
10
Concentrated authorityChecks and pluralism
Evidence: Well documented
Crime and punishment
20
PunishmentRehabilitation
Evidence: Documented
Dimensions left unscored, for want of evidence: Environment and growth
Sources
- Ho Chi Minh, Declaration of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam · 1945
- William J. Duiker, Ho Chi Minh: A Life · 2000
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