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Anarcho-Capitalism and Xi-era CCP
Measured distance across six axes
Opposite ends of the recorded space. No axis places them within three points of each other. They diverge by eight points or more on EC, AU, SC, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Rothbard | Xi-era CCP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +10 | −02 | 12 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +01 | +08 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −10 | +10 | 20 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | −10 | +10 | 20 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −02 | +07 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +03 | −02 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
Each axis runs from −10 to +10; the distance is the straight-line separation across all six at once, out of a maximum of 49.0. How the scoring works →
The evidence behind the widest gaps
A distance figure is worth nothing unless the scores behind it can be checked. These are the artefacts supporting the axes that separate these two most.
Rothbard · EC +10
At the ceiling. Every function including law and defence is to be supplied by contract.
- Programme textRothbard's For a New Liberty treats taxation as theft without qualification and proposes private courts and defence agencies.
Xi-era CCP · EC −02
Most output and employment are private, but party committees sit inside firms and strategic sectors are state-held. Coded just left of centre.
- Comparative datasetPrivate firms account for the large majority of urban employment and of new job creation.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2018 company law revision required party organisations inside firms above a size threshold.
Rothbard · AU −10
At the floor with anarcho-communism, from the opposite economic pole. The pairing is the strongest single refutation of the one-dimensional model.
- Comparative datasetBoth traditions reject the state as such; they differ by nineteen points on the economic axis.
Xi-era CCP · AU +10
At the ceiling. Term limits removed, no independent judiciary, no lawful opposition, comprehensive surveillance.
- Documented act or statuteThe presidential two-term limit was removed from the constitution in 2018.
- Documented act or statuteNo political party other than the CCP and its eight sanctioned satellites may contest power.
What this comparison does not establish
Proximity means similarity of stated position. It carries no claim about competence, circumstance, scale of operation, or what either organisation actually did to the people under it. Two organisations can sit close together and produce entirely different histories, because those things are not on any axis and could not be.
Anarcho-Capitalism
1970– · United States
All state functions including courts, police and defence should be supplied competitively on the market; taxation is theft.
Xi-era CCP
2012– · China
Party leadership over everything, national rejuvenation, common prosperity, and discipline of private capital.
Distance is not the whole answer. Two organisations can sit the same distance apart for entirely different reasons, and the reason is the content of any claim about them. Open the comparison in the atlas to weight the axes yourself.
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