Authoritarian Progressivism
Project that imposes progressive social transformations from above, using state power to accelerate changes in customs and equality, even at the cost of individual liberties and organized political opposition.
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Project that imposes progressive social transformations from above, using state power to accelerate changes in customs and equality, even at the cost of individual liberties and organized political opposition.
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I want a society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition.
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Our Authoritarian Progressivism definition includes “using state power to accelerate changes in customs and equality, even at the cost of individual liberties and organized political opposition”. This clause must be read for which central institutions it retains or rejects; opposition to a state or party is not endorsement of centralized territorial power.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify who can choose, replace and hold political decision-makers accountable. A social or economic objective does not by itself establish elections, popular sovereignty or an unelected ruling elite.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify the permissible use of public coercion versus protected personal autonomy. The form of government does not alone establish the extent of surveillance, repression or civil liberty.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism definition includes “society transformed from the top down in customs and equality”. A universal or egalitarian horizon informs the cultural model, but specific migration rules remain underdetermined.


Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify the political role of organized armed force and acceptance of war. Domestic coercion, economic state intervention and national pride do not by themselves establish militarism or pacifism.

The stated use of force concerns domestic reconstruction, ecological discipline or state-led modernization.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify ownership of productive assets, land and enterprises. Welfare spending, moral solidarity and expert administration do not by themselves abolish or privatize productive ownership.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify how production and allocation are coordinated through plans or decentralized exchange. Public ownership can coexist with markets, and private firms can operate under directed planning.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify cross-border trade, capital flows and economic integration. Domestic market freedom and international cultural solidarity are different claims from a free-trade policy.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism definition includes “using state power to accelerate changes in customs and equality, even at the cost of individual liberties and organized political opposition”. The role that religion is assigned or denied in public rules matters; rejection of faith or clergy is not evidence of religious governance, and spiritual identity alone does not establish it.

Our Authoritarian Progressivism definition includes “project that imposes progressive social transformations from above”. The stated changes to rights, gender or customs concern progressive public morality, rather than only economic redistribution.


Our Authoritarian Progressivism model centers on society transformed from the top down in customs and equality, using the state even against organized opposition. That core does not specify the priority given to technological transformation versus ecological or bodily limits. Historical age, rural life and scientific reasoning do not by themselves establish acceptance or rejection of all technology.

Leans further toward progressive than 99% of the 250 ideologies in the catalog.
Of all the axes, Morality is where it stands furthest from the rest.


On Diplomacy, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.

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