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A Brazilian writer and polemicist, Olavo shaped a generation of the new right by attacking what he called cultural Marxism, defending Christian tradition, moral conservatism and deep distrust of academic institutions.
Political axes
Olavo de Carvalho leans further toward free market than 89% of the 645 personalities in the catalog.
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On Structure, Olavo de Carvalho sits close to the catalog median.
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Right-wing current that combines free markets, free trade, and limited government with strong national identity, cultural assimilation, traditional and religious values, and a robust military.
Political tradition that values order, customs, family, and consolidated institutions, preferring gradual and prudent change over rupture, based on historical experience and skepticism toward utopias.
Platform of the Republican Party, combining border security and deportations, tariffs and industrial protectionism, tax cuts and deregulation, gun rights, Christian values and returning abortion to the states.
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Techno-CommunismAnarchist26%
A senator from Rio de Janeiro and the eldest son of Jair Bolsonaro, he is the Liberal Party's candidate for the presidency in 2026; he made public security his main banner in the Senate and backs selective privatizations and spending cuts.
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A parliamentary republic in Eastern Europe, Poland combines democracy, a strong Catholic and nationalist identity, and a growing market economy, with politics marked by tensions between conservatism and liberalism.
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An aristocratic republic of antiquity, Rome balanced consuls, Senate, and tribunes of the plebs in a mixed system of elective magistracies, expanding across the Mediterranean through citizen legions and a strong cult of civic virtue.
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