Fusionism
Fusionism combines free-market economics and limited government with traditional morality and religious faith. It holds that freedom is the political goal, but that virtue, family and faith are what make a free society worth having and keep it stable.
- Government should be limited and markets free.
- Traditional morality, family and religion are the foundations of a healthy society.
- Freedom is necessary for virtue, because virtue imposed by force is not virtue.
The editor Frank Meyer developed fusionism at National Review in the 1950s and 1960s to unite libertarians and traditionalists against communism. It became the governing philosophy of the American conservative movement from Barry Goldwater to Ronald Reagan.
Traditionalist critics argue that unfettered markets erode the communities and morals it claims to defend. Libertarians object to its readiness to legislate on moral questions.
Countries and historical regimes whose 12-axis profile is closer to Fusionism than to any other ideology in the test.
Countries today
- Switzerland82%
Fusionism is also the second-closest ideology for: Gilded Age America.
Method: each ideology is placed at a typical position on the 12 axes, scored from 0 to 100 toward the first pole. Ranks compare it with the other 45 ideologies; matches are 100 minus the average distance across all axes. The positions are our own calibration, not taken from any third-party source.