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Italian Fascism and Orbánism
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, CU, AU, SC, ID. They diverge by eight points or more on CH.
Axis by axis
| Axis | PNF | Fidesz | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +01 | +04 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | +08 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +09 | +07 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +09 | +06 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | +07 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +07 | −01 | 8 | 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.
PNF · CH +07
Squad violence preceded office and the seizure was extra-parliamentary in form even though the appointment was legal.
- Documented act or statuteBlackshirt squads killed hundreds of opponents between 1920 and 1922 before the March on Rome.
- Documented act or statuteThe socialist deputy Matteotti was abducted and killed in 1924 after alleging electoral fraud.
Fidesz · CH −01
Coded near neutral: change achieved entirely through constitutional supermajorities.
- Documented act or statuteThe 2010 supermajority permitted constitutional amendment without any negotiation with the opposition.
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.
Italian Fascism
1922–1943 · Italy
The nation as an organic whole realised in the state; violence as regenerative; liberalism and Marxism both to be destroyed.
Orbánism
2010– · Hungary
Explicitly 'illiberal democracy': majority rule unconstrained by liberal checks, Christian national identity, opposition to immigration.
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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