What political concept did Leopold II moderately support?
Democratic liberalism
Communist centralism
Enlightened absolutism
Full-scale militarism
Answer
Enlightened absolutism, a political philosophy moderately supported by Leopold II, emphasized the concentration of power in the hands of an absolute monarch who exercises their authority based on the principles of reason, science, and progress. Leopold II pursued certain elements of this concept during his reign, although to a lesser extent compared to other rulers associated with this philosophy.
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