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American singer-songwriter, the voice of 1960s folk. "Blowin' in the Wind" and "The Times They Are a-Changin'" became civil rights anthems; he later rejected the spokesman role. He had a born-again Christian phase (1979–81) and won the Nobel in 2016.
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Bob Dylan leans further toward free market than 85% of the 749 personalities in the catalog.
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On Religion, Bob Dylan sits close to the catalog median.
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Doctrine that organizes the state through a constitutional division of power between a central government and autonomous regional units, such as cantons or states, with their own competencies, independent courts, and mutual checks against excessive concentration of power.
A system in which citizens decide laws directly through referendums, popular initiatives, assemblies and recall of officials, instead of delegating to representatives, as in the Swiss cantons and classical Athens.
Political tradition that places individual freedom at the center, defending rights, tolerance, the rule of law, a market economy, and limits on power, with government subject to the consent of citizens.
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Stalinist SocialismRadical Left21%
American singer and dancer, creator of Thriller. He paired fame with philanthropy in "We Are the World" and "Heal the World" (the Heal the World Foundation), sang against racism and war, and criticized the music industry; child abuse allegations marked his life.
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A parliamentary republic in the Middle East, Lebanon divides power among religious communities in a confessional system, with pluralism, a strong service sector, and chronic political and economic instability.
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A union of Poland and Lithuania from 1569 to 1795, the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth was a noble republic with an elected king, a Sejm and the liberum veto, unusual religious tolerance and a vast multiethnic territory, until partitioned by Russia, Prussia and Austria.
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