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Pragmatic Individualist

My life is mine to decide

MMarketNNationLLibertyPProgress
You value national interest and markets, while staying open to individual liberty and social change — a practical, freedom-minded type.

Type distribution

14.19%

Those with this type

As of August 5, 2026

The Four Axes

The first letters form your type code · neither pole is better than the other

These four axes follow structures established in political science · see how we measure →

01EconomyMarket 00%
Equality EMarket M

Values markets, growth, and free competition

An economy that grows on its own

You believe the free activity of individuals and businesses grows society as a whole. Competition and achievement deserve fair rewards, and state intervention should stop at what is truly necessary. You cherish self-reliance and the vitality of markets. The balance is complete when you also consider how to embrace those left behind by competition.

02DiplomacyNation 00%
World WNation N

Values national sovereignty, identity, and interest

Sovereignty and national interest first

You think of your country's interest and identity before anything else. Protecting sovereignty and security comes before the demands of the international community, and you treasure what has long been kept. Realism and a sense of responsibility are your strengths. Since closing too many doors can mean missed opportunities, flexibility to open up when needed helps too.

03CivilLiberty 00%
Liberty LAuthority A

Values individual freedom, rights, and checks on state power

Individual liberty first

You see individual freedom and rights as a line the state must not cross. Freedom of expression and assembly and private life must be protected, and power must be steadily watched and checked. Respect for diversity and autonomy is your strength. Your conviction matures further when you also weigh how to keep order for the moments when freedoms collide.

04SocietyProgress 00%
Progress PTradition T

Values change, diversity, and reform

Change and diversity

You believe society needs change and reform to keep improving. You stay open to new values and diverse ways of living, and you listen to the voices of minorities and the vulnerable. Openness and inclusion are your strengths. Your changes last longer when you don't rush and also see what should be kept.

In This Room

A fun look at real historical figures mapped onto the four axes — not an academic classification

Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson1743–1826
JEFFERSON
Third US president, author of the Declaration of Independence

He believed in an economy of free farmers and small government and declared a diplomacy of 'entangling alliances with none'; he enshrined freedom of press and religion and opened a new era with the Declaration of Independence — an Enlightenment mind in office.

Painting: Rembrandt Peale, 1800 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Benito Juárez
Benito Juárez1806–1872
Mexico's reforming president, honored across the Americas

A shepherd boy who rose to the presidency through learning and law, he built constitutional liberties and a free economy with La Reforma, faced down a foreign-imposed empire to restore his nation's republic — and drove the separation of church and state, declaring that 'respect for the rights of others is peace.'

Photo: Unknown photographer, c. 1872 · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

The story of this type

The society you hope for

A society where I decide my own life and meddling is politely shown the door. Where what actually helps here and now gets through, ahead of any grand ideology, and where a new thing or a new way is simply tried, and kept if it makes life easier.

Underneath these hopes is an honesty that my own life comes before a distant cause. So this stance trusts practical gain it can actually hold in hand more than a grand banner. But there's a shadow: weighing first what is of use to itself, this stance ends up giving less mind to relationships, or to shared work, that show no immediate return.

What you want

  • Wants to decide its own life and not be meddled with, and wants what actually helps to get through ahead of grand ideology
  • Wants a society where you don't lecture others on how to live, and in return each person carries their own share

What you might miss

  • Weighing 'is there anything in it for me' first, it can miss the relationship or the shared work that shows no immediate gain
  • Taking 'each carries their own weight' as a principle, it easily undervalues even help with what someone can't manage on their own

Overall Conclusion

A balanced moderate

Overall, you lean toward neither side. You weigh progressive and conservative values issue by issue, caring more about substance than camps.

Across the four axes: progressive 2 · conservative 2 — it can differ by axis.

The progressive–conservative label is a rough guide based on how this test defines its axes.

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