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US Democratic Socialism and Global Greens
Measured distance across six axes
Effectively the same position. They agree within three points on EC, CU, AU, SC, ID, CH. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | DSA, Sanders wing | Global Greens | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −06 | −05 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −08 | −09 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −04 | −06 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +03 | 00 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −08 | −08 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −04 | −04 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
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.
DSA, Sanders wing · SC +03
Coded +3: federal programmes as the instrument, with municipal organising as the base.
- Programme textMedicare for All and a federal jobs guarantee are national programmes by design.
Global Greens · SC 00
Coded at zero: subsidiarity combined with binding international environmental agreement.
- Programme textThe Charter commits simultaneously to local self-determination and to enforceable global governance on ecology.
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.
US Democratic Socialism
1982– · United States
Universal public provision funded by taxing concentrated wealth, achieved entirely through elections and unions.
Global Greens
2001– · Worldwide
Ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, non-violence, sustainability, respect for diversity.
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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