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Kirchnerism and Menemism
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on CU, AU, SC, ID, CH. They diverge by eight points or more on EC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Kirchnerism | Peronist neoliberalism | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −06 | +08 | 14 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +01 | +04 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +05 | +06 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +05 | +04 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +02 | +02 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −01 | −01 | 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.
Kirchnerism · EC −06
Coded −6: renationalisation, price controls and export taxes.
- Documented act or statuteYPF was renationalised in 2012 and private pension funds taken into the state system in 2008.
Peronist neoliberalism · EC +08
Same party banner, opposite economic coordinate. This entry exists to make that legible.
- Documented act or statuteYPF, Aerolíneas Argentinas, telecoms, rail and pensions were privatised between 1990 and 1994.
- Documented act or statuteThe 1991 Convertibility Law pegged the peso to the dollar by statute.
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.
Kirchnerism
2003– · Argentina
State-led redistribution, national sovereignty against creditors, mobilised popular movements.
Menemism
1989–1999 · Argentina
Peronism turned inside out: the movement of the shirtless masses used to privatise the state and peg the currency to the dollar.
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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