Where does Nelson Mandela sit on the political compass?
Anti-apartheid South African leader
Nelson Mandela is placed at -5.2 economically (left) and -6.2 socially (libertarian). That coordinate falls in the Mutualism cell.
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Portrait: South Africa The Good News, CC BY 2.0. Source.
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Closest ideology
Mutualism Mutualism is a market-friendly anarchism in which workers own their tools and exchange goods through cooperatives and mutual credit, without landlords or a central state. It is left of centre and strongly libertarian.
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