Where does Joseph Stalin sit on the political compass?
Soviet dictator
Joseph Stalin is placed at -7.2 economically (left) and +9.7 socially (authoritarian). That coordinate falls in the Leninism cell.
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Portrait: Вадим Ковригин (1901—1962) / ТАСС, Public domain. Source.
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Closest ideology
Leninism Leninism is a far-left, highly authoritarian current of communism. It argues that a disciplined vanguard party should seize the state and use it to socialise production, suppress rival politics, and direct society toward a classless order.
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