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Governance

• FederalismStates ↔ Federal

  States: Power belongs closest to the people: states and localities set most policy and serve as laboratories.

  Federal: National problems need national rules: federal standards apply uniformly across the country.

• Executive powerChecks & balances ↔ Strong executive

  Checks & balances: Power is divided and slow on purpose: Congress, courts, and independent agencies constrain the president.

  Strong executive: An elected president should be able to act decisively and control the executive branch.

• Liberty vs. securityCivil liberty ↔ Security

  Civil liberty: Privacy and due process come first, even at some cost to safety.

  Security: Government needs broad tools — surveillance, emergency powers — to keep people safe.

• ElectionsMajoritarian ↔ Safeguarded

  Majoritarian: Voting should be as easy as possible and outcomes should follow the national popular majority.

  Safeguarded: Elections need strict integrity rules, and indirect structures like the Electoral College protect against bare majorities.

• DemocracyDemocratic ↔ Autocratic

  Democratic: Government is legitimate only when chosen in free, competitive elections, with opposition free to organize.

  Autocratic: Authority can rightly rest with a party, leader, monarch, clergy, or elite rather than with elections.

Economy

• OwnershipPublic ↔ Private

  Public: Key industries and services should be publicly or collectively owned.

  Private: Private ownership should be the rule across the economy, including services government provides today.

• RegulationRegulated ↔ Laissez-faire

  Regulated: Markets need firm rules on business, finance, labor, and consumer protection.

  Laissez-faire: Markets work best with minimal government rules.

• RedistributionRedistributive ↔ Self-reliant

  Redistributive: Progressive taxes and a strong safety net should reduce inequality.

  Self-reliant: Low taxes and a minimal safety net; people keep what they earn and support themselves.

• TradeProtectionist ↔ Free trade

  Protectionist: Tariffs and industrial policy should protect domestic workers and industries.

  Free trade: Open trade with few barriers benefits consumers and the economy.

Foreign policy

• Global engagementInternationalist ↔ America First

  Internationalist: Alliances, treaties, international institutions, and foreign aid serve America's interests.

  America First: National sovereignty first; skeptical of alliances, global institutions, and aid.

• Use of forceInterventionist ↔ Restraint

  Interventionist: A strong military used actively abroad keeps the world safer.

  Restraint: Military force should be rare and defense spending limited.

Society

• Social changeProgressive ↔ Traditional

  Progressive: Society should keep changing its norms around gender, sexuality, and family.

  Traditional: Long-standing norms around gender, sexuality, and family should be preserved.

• Religion & stateSecular ↔ Religious

  Secular: Religion is kept out of law and government; at the far end, the state actively discourages it.

  Religious: Religious faith should shape public life; at the far end, religious law governs.

• Immigration & identityOpen ↔ Restrictive

  Open: High immigration and a pluralist national identity.

  Restrictive: Lower immigration, strict enforcement, and assimilation into a shared culture.

• Criminal justiceReform ↔ Law & order

  Reform: Shrink incarceration and policing; focus on rehabilitation and root causes.

  Law & order: Strong policing and firm punishment deter crime.

• Race & group policyGroup-conscious ↔ Colorblind

  Group-conscious: Policy should actively address group disparities, including by race.

  Colorblind: Government should treat individuals identically regardless of race or group.

Technology & environment

• Environment & energyEnvironmental ↔ Growth-first

  Environmental: Protect the climate and natural world, even at real economic cost.

  Growth-first: Energy abundance and economic growth come first; environmental rules should not hold them back.

• TechnologyPrecautionary ↔ Accelerationist

  Precautionary: Move carefully with powerful technologies like AI and genetic engineering until they are proven safe.

  Accelerationist: Rapid technological progress is the best path to a better future.

Left12

• Anarcho-communism
• Marxism–Leninism
• Libertarian socialism
• Democratic socialism
• Market socialism
• Eco-socialism
• American progressivism
• Green politics
• Maoism
• Trotskyism
• Anarcho-syndicalism
• Democratic confederalism

Liberal7

• Social democracy
• Modern American liberalism
• Third Way
• Neoliberalism
• Liberal internationalism
• Civil libertarianism
• Abundance liberalism

Center5

• Liberal conservatism
• Centrism
• Conservative Democrat
• Christian democracy
• Communitarianism

Conservative10

• Mainstream American conservatism
• Fiscal conservatism
• Social conservatism
• Christian conservatism
• Compassionate conservatism
• Neoconservatism
• Constitutional conservatism
• Traditionalist conservatism
• Paleoconservatism
• Constitutional monarchism

Right11

• National conservatism
• Postliberalism
• Neoreaction
• Absolute monarchism
• Reactionism
• Ethnonationalism
• Fascism
• Military rule
• National Bolshevism
• Eurasianism
• Eco-fascism

Libertarian8

• Libertarianism
• Classical liberalism
• Minarchism
• Anarcho-capitalism
• Paleolibertarianism
• Left-libertarianism
• Tech right
• Mutualism

Populist4

• Left populism
• Right populism
• Bolivarianism
• Peronism

Religious10

• Christian nationalism
• Integralism
• Islamism
• Islamic democracy
• Khomeinism
• Christian Reconstructionism
• Clerical fascism
• Hindutva
• Religious Zionism
• Buddhist nationalism

Other13

• Technocracy
• Georgism
• Distributism
• Non-interventionism
• Transhumanism
• Accelerationism
• Bioconservatism
• Anarcho-primitivism
• One-party state capitalism
• Authoritarian developmentalism
• Kemalism
• Black nationalism
• Pan-Africanism