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Anglican cleric and British economist, author of An Essay on the Principle of Population (1798): he argued that population outgrows food supply and defended moral restraint and reform of the Poor Laws.
Political axes
Thomas Malthus leans further toward religious than 90% of the 622 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Religion is where Thomas Malthus stands furthest from the rest.
On Representation, Thomas Malthus sits practically at the catalog median.
Here they share common ground with most personalities.
Ideological proximity
The closest among the 271 ideologies
Doctrine inspired by Malthus that proposes curbing population growth through late marriage, education and family responsibility, replacing poor relief with work incentives and protecting property and national agriculture.
Current that grounds politics in Christian morality and tradition, defending family, life, and religious values within democracy, with emphasis on preserving the people's customs and cultural heritage.
Current that unites traditional values, family, and religion with strong cultural nationalism, defending sovereignty, borders, and the people's identity within democracy, with clear distrust of globalism.
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Techno-CommunismAnarchist25%
Brazil's most-voted federal deputy in 2022 and a candidate for re-election in 2026, Nikolas built his influence online defending conservative morals, Christianity, gun rights and opposition to the left.
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A stable presidential republic in West Africa, Ghana has had peaceful alternation of power since 1992, a free press and civil society, an economy of cocoa, gold and oil, a Pentecostal Christian majority and IMF-backed debt restructuring.
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Lutheran German state with pioneering manufacturing and mining, a Catholic dynasty, and parliamentary traditions inside the German Confederation and Empire.
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Furthest from Thomas Malthus