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Applies the Dharma to politics: Ashoka's righteous king, Schumacher's Buddhist economics, Buddhadasa's Dhammic socialism and Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. It prioritizes nonviolence, moderate consumption, community and harmony with nature.
EDITORIAL SUMMARY
I want a society guided by the Dharma and nonviolence, with righteous rulers, moderate consumption and a community economy in harmony with nature.
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This position is 40.5 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.
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The first Jesuit and Latin American pope, Francis championed migrants and the poor, criticized unregulated capitalism and the 'throwaway culture' in his encyclical Laudato Si' on the environmental crisis, and promoted greater pastoral decentralization and open dialogue within the Catholic Church.
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Most compatible among the 257 schools
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
Branch that combines the defense of workers and social justice with Christian values, promoting labor rights, solidarity, and social protection within democracy, inspired by the social doctrine of the Church.
Current that turns the Gospel into reforms within democracy, defending a welfare state, labor rights, unions and redistribution without breaking with the market or with liberal institutions.
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National SocialismTerceira Posição46.3 / 100
