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Surrealist painterIntellectual life1904–1989

Salvador Dalí

Catalan surrealist painter, Dalí was expelled from the surrealist group over his ambiguous sympathies for fascism, publicly backed Franco and the monarchy and, from 1949 on, embraced a Catholic nuclear mysticism fusing faith and science.

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Closest Spectrum
Right
Closest Ideology
Liberal Technocracy
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Nayib Bukele
Catalog image for Salvador Dalí
1904–1989
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Political Axes

Profile across the 12 axes

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  • Distribution of power

    Leaning · Unitary
    Federal30.4%
    Unitary69.6%
  • Representation

    Strong · Autocracy
    Democracy21%
    Autocracy79%
  • Civil liberties

    Leaning · Security
    Security65%
    Liberty35%
  • Cultural integration

    Strong · Assimilation
    Assimilation70.6%
    Multicultural29.4%
  • Conflict resolution

    Leaning · Military force
    Military force68.3%
    Negotiation31.7%
  • Foreign involvement

    Leaning · Interventionist
    Non-Intervention31.7%
    Interventionist68.3%
  • Ownership

    Strong · Private
    Public20.8%
    Private79.2%
  • Economic coordination

    Strong · Markets
    State direction25.4%
    Markets74.6%
  • International trade

    Strong · Free trade
    Protectionism26.8%
    Free trade73.2%
  • Religion & state

    Strong · Religious
    Secular21.2%
    Religious78.8%
  • Social norms

    Leaning · Traditionalist
    Progressive38.7%
    Traditionalist61.3%
  • Technology & precaution

    Strong · Acceleration
    Acceleration78.2%
    Ecologist21.8%

What distinguishes Salvador Dalí

Largest median distance

Representation

This position is 36.5 points from the median of the 449 figure profiles in this collection.

Catalog median 58% DemocracySalvador Dalí 21% Democracy

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

Social norms

This position is 1.3 points from this collection’s median.

Catalog median 40% ProgressiveSalvador Dalí 39% Progressive

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