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American Fusionist Conservatism and La Libertad Avanza
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on EC, CU, ID. They diverge by eight points or more on AU, CH.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Buckley, Meyer | Milei | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +08 | +10 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +06 | +06 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −04 | +04 | 8 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | −04 | 00 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +03 | +03 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −06 | +03 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
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.
Buckley, Meyer · AU −04
Coded −4: constitutional originalism and limited federal power.
- Documented act or statuteThe Federalist Society, founded 1982, made originalism the movement's judicial method.
Milei · AU +04
Coded +4: elected and constitutionally constrained, governing extensively by decree with a legislative minority.
- Documented act or statuteNecessity and urgency decrees have been the principal legislative instrument.
- Documented act or statuteCongress and the courts have blocked or reversed several decrees, which is why this is not higher.
Buckley, Meyer · CH −06
Coded −6: change through elections, courts and institutions.
- Documented act or statuteBuilt think tanks, journals and a judicial pipeline over four decades.
Milei · CH +03
Coded +3: constitutional in form and disruptive in method.
- Programme textThe founding programme described the state as a criminal organisation and promised its demolition.
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.
American Fusionist Conservatism
1955–2000 · United States
Free markets, traditional morality and anti-communism fused into one movement; liberty as the political means to a virtuous end.
La Libertad Avanza
2021– · Argentina
Radical reduction of the state, dollarisation, and a declared war on the political caste.
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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