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Bukelismo and Minarchist Libertarianism
Measured distance across six axes
Opposed programmes with little shared ground. No axis places them within three points of each other. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, AU, SC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Nuevas Ideas | Nozick, LP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +05 | +10 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +06 | −03 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +08 | −08 | 16 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +06 | −07 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +03 | −04 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +02 | −03 | 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.
Nuevas Ideas · CU +06
Coded +6: a security-first social order with conservative positions on family policy.
- Documented act or statuteGender studies content was removed from the public school curriculum in 2024.
Nozick, LP · CU −03
Coded −3: socially permissive by construction.
- Programme textUS Libertarian Party platform has supported drug legalisation, same-sex marriage and free expression since the 1970s.
Nuevas Ideas · AU +08
Elected with very high approval, and the constraints on the office removed one by one.
- Documented act or statuteThe legislature removed the constitutional chamber judges and the attorney general in May 2021.
- Documented act or statuteThe reconstituted court then permitted consecutive re-election despite an explicit constitutional prohibition.
Nozick, LP · AU −08
Coded −8: strict constitutional limits and civil liberties.
- Programme textThe US party platform has opposed surveillance, conscription and drug prohibition since 1972.
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.
Bukelismo
2019– · El Salvador
Mass incarceration of suspected gang members under a permanent state of exception, sold as the trade of civil liberties for physical safety.
Minarchist Libertarianism
1971– · United States, worldwide
A night-watchman state limited to police, courts and defence; maximum personal and economic freedom otherwise.
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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