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Islamic State and La Libertad Avanza
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. No axis places them within three points of each other. They diverge by eight points or more on EC, SC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | ISIS / Daesh | Milei | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +01 | +10 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +10 | +06 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +10 | +04 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +09 | 00 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +10 | +03 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +10 | +03 | 7 | 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.
ISIS / Daesh · EC +01
Coded +1: extraction and extortion with no productive programme.
- ScholarshipRevenue came from oil sales, taxation of captured populations, looting and ransom.
Milei · EC +10
The most market-oriented sitting government in the dataset.
- Documented act or statuteThe December 2023 emergency decree repealed or amended over three hundred regulations at once.
- Documented act or statuteMinistries were reduced from eighteen to nine and public employment cut sharply.
ISIS / Daesh · SC +09
Coded +9: a caliphate claiming authority over all Muslims everywhere.
- Programme textThe 2014 declaration nullified the legitimacy of all other governments and organisations.
Milei · SC 00
Coded at zero: federal transfers cut sharply, which decentralises fiscally and centralises power.
- Documented act or statuteDiscretionary transfers to provinces were reduced or halted in 2024.
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.
Islamic State
2013– · Iraq, Syria
Restoration of a universal caliphate through mass violence, with obligatory allegiance and death for dissent.
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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