Political view

Eco-socialism

Argues that capitalism drives ecological crisis and calls for public, democratic control of production within planetary limits.

Associated with: Joel Kovel, John Bellamy Foster.

Eco-socialism sits in the left-libertarian part of the Caucus economy and liberty compass: strongly state-led and leaning libertarian. The clearest positions are strongly nature-first on environment, strongly state-led on economy and leaning progressive on culture.

Where eco-socialism sits on eight dimensions

This is a broad family of ideas, so real people and parties who hold it differ from the profile below. The dot shows the typical tendency.

💰EconomyStrongly state-led
State-ledFree market
⚖️Liberty and authorityLeaning libertarian
LibertarianAuthoritarian
🎭CultureLeaning progressive
ProgressiveTraditional
🌍NationLeaning globalist
GlobalistNationalist
🌱EnvironmentStrongly nature-first
Growth-firstNature-first
🤖TechnologySlightly tech-cautious
Tech-cautiousTech-optimist
🕊️War and peaceLeaning peace-first
Peace-firstStrength-first
🏛️InstitutionsLeaning anti-establishment
Anti-establishmentInstitutional

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Views are simplified profiles built from public writings and records, and they are open to debate. Percentages show how close two profiles are across all eight dimensions.