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Labour Zionism and Revisionist Zionism
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on SC, ID, CH. They diverge by eight points or more on EC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Labour Zionism | Jabotinsky | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −07 | +06 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | −03 | +04 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | −01 | +03 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +02 | +03 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +06 | +07 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +02 | +04 | 2 | 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.
Labour Zionism · EC −07
At the collective end for a voluntary movement.
- Documented act or statuteKibbutzim held property in common; the Histadrut owned industry, banks, construction and health services.
Jabotinsky · EC +06
Coded +6: free enterprise against the labour federation's economic monopoly.
- Programme textJabotinsky demanded compulsory arbitration of strikes in the national interest.
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.
Labour Zionism
1904–1977 · Palestine / Israel
Jewish national self-determination achieved through collective settlement and the labour of Jewish workers.
Revisionist Zionism
1925– · Palestine / Israel
An immediate Jewish state on both banks of the Jordan, secured by force and defended by an 'iron wall'.
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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