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Global Greens and Minarchist Libertarianism
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on AU, CH. They diverge by eight points or more on EC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Global Greens | Nozick, LP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −05 | +10 | 15 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −09 | −03 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −06 | −08 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | 00 | −07 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | −08 | −04 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −04 | −03 | 1 | 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.
Global Greens · EC −05
Coded −5: ecological regulation and public investment rather than public ownership.
- Programme textThe 2001 Charter commits to markets constrained by ecological limits rather than to their abolition.
Nozick, LP · EC +10
At the market pole: police, courts and defence only.
- Programme textNozick's Anarchy, State, and Utopia (1974) derives a night-watchman state and no more.
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.
Global Greens
2001– · Worldwide
Ecological wisdom, social justice, participatory democracy, non-violence, sustainability, respect for diversity.
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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