Lassallean Socialism
Socialist current that seeks to emancipate workers through the national state itself, with universal suffrage, producer cooperatives funded by public money and an explicit refusal of the revolutionary path.
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In one sentence
I want to emancipate the worker through universal suffrage and cooperatives funded by the national state itself, without the revolutionary path.
Political axes
Profile across the twelve axes
- Strong · Unitary
Structure
- Leaning · Democracy
Representation
- Strong · Liberty
Power
- Leaning · Assimilation
Immigration
- Strong · Militarist
Diplomacy
- Balanced
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Strong · Planning
Control
- Strong · Protectionism
Trade
- Strong · Irreligious
Religion
- Leaning · Progressive
Morality
- Leaning · Technology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Power
Leans further toward liberty than 78% of the 263 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 55This ideology 26
Of all the axes, Power is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Intervention
On Intervention, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 53This ideology 50
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Ferdinand Lassalle
A pioneer of state socialism, Lassalle championed universal suffrage and state-funded cooperatives, founding the first major German workers' party and influencing European social democracy.
Closest, by dimension
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EconomicallyHafez al-AssadPresident of Syria100%
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PoliticsLouis Auguste BlanquiRevolutionary93%
PoliticsHo Chi MinhRevolutionary and statesman90%
PoliticsGeorges DantonRevolutionary and orator89%
PoliticsFrançois MitterrandPresident of the Republic and Socialist Statesman89%
Intellectual lifeErnst JüngerGerman writer and essayist89%
Political theoryAmílcar CabralAnticolonial leader and revolutionary theorist88%
PoliticsCarlos MarighellaGuerrilla leader and Marxist theorist88%
ActivismJosé DirceuPolitician and activist88%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Germany
Social-exporting republicA parliamentary federal republic, Germany is Europe's largest economy, with a social market economy, a strong export industry, and a central role in the European Union, uniting democratic stability and geopolitical weight.
Other close countries
France
Social-republican republicA European semi-presidential republic, France combines a strong republican and secular tradition, a robust welfare state, a mixed economy, and a prominent diplomatic, cultural, and military role in the European Union and the world.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyCubaOne-party egalitarian socialism81%
SociallyQuebec (Canada)French-speaking federal province88%
EconomicallyZimbabweDominant party in crisis99%
The most distant
Cuba under Fidel Castro
1959–2008Ruled by Fidel Castro from 1959 to 2008, Cuba became a one-party socialist state, with a nationalized economy, universal health and education, a Soviet alliance, repression of dissidents, mass exile and confrontation with the United States, from the embargo to the missile crisis.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAllende's Chile1970–197385%
SociallyFirst French Republic1792–180486%
EconomicallyCárdenas's Mexico1934–1940100%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
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