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The Ministry (archetype)
The state will provide
Welfare and control, from one centre.
Economic−30
SocialistMarket
Governance+72
LibertarianAuthoritarian
Social−8
TraditionalProgressive
A stand-in for the state-socialist impulse: the commanding ministry that plans the economy and provides for all from a single centre — socialism's gains pursued through concentrated state power.
social
Orders society for the collective good as it defines it.
economic
Plans production and provision from a single commanding centre.
governance
Concentrates authority to deliver socialism efficiently.
Notable for
- Central planning
- Cradle-to-grave provision
- The commanding state
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