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EDITORIAL SUMMARY

I want a city that examines its beliefs through rational dialogue and seeks virtue, wary of demagogues but obedient to the polis's laws.

Written for this atlas as a summary of Socratism
Political conceptSources & interpretation
Identity & context
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Description
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Political coordinates
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Sources below support the specific identity or context claims indicated. They do not validate this profile’s twelve numerical coordinates, its closest matches, or every statement in its description.

A documented source review is still pending for this entry. Treat its description and coordinates as an atlas interpretation.

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Political Axes

Profile across the 12 axes

These coordinates are editorial interpretations. The two pole scores add to 100; they describe a position in this model, rather than a probability. Read how catalog profiles are interpreted ↗

  • Distribution of power

    Strong · Unitary
    Federal26.2%
    Unitary73.8%

  • Representation

    Leaning · Autocracy
    Democracy41.2%
    Autocracy58.8%

  • Civil liberties

    Leaning · Security
    Security58.8%
    Liberty41.2%

  • Cultural integration

    Leaning · Assimilation
    Assimilation66.2%
    Multicultural33.8%

  • Conflict resolution

    Leaning · Negotiation
    Military force35%
    Negotiation65%

  • Foreign involvement

    Leaning · Non-Intervention
    Non-Intervention63.7%
    Interventionist36.3%

  • Ownership

    Near midpoint
    Public48.8%
    Private51.2%

  • Economic coordination

    Strong · State direction
    State direction70%
    Markets30%

  • International trade

    Strong · Protectionism
    Protectionism70%
    Free trade30%

  • Religion & state

    Near midpoint
    Secular45%
    Religious55%

  • Social norms

    Leaning · Traditionalist
    Progressive31.2%
    Traditionalist68.8%

  • Technology & precaution

    Leaning · Ecologist
    Acceleration36.2%
    Ecologist63.8%

What distinguishes Socratism

Largest median distance

Technology & precaution

This position is 22.6 points from the median of the 257 ideology profiles in this collection.

Catalog median 59% AccelerationSocratism 36% Acceleration

This is the largest distance from this collection’s median across the twelve axes. The collection is not a survey of public opinion.

Closest to catalog median

Civil liberties

This position is 3.8 points from this collection’s median.

Catalog median 55% SecuritySocratism 59% Security

This is the smallest median distance across the twelve axes; it does not establish a historical or political consensus.