Atlas / Comparisons / Likud vs Minarchist Libertarianism
Likud and Minarchist Libertarianism
Measured distance across six axes
Opposed programmes with little shared ground. They agree within three points on CH. They diverge by eight points or more on CU, AU, SC, ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Likud | Nozick, LP | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +06 | +10 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +06 | −03 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +05 | −08 | 13 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +03 | −07 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | −04 | 11 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −03 | −03 | 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.
Likud · CU +06
Coded +6: traditionalist coalition politics with a secular liberal party history.
- Documented act or statuteGoverns in coalition with parties committed to religious authority over personal status law.
Nozick, LP · CU −03
Coded −3: socially permissive by construction.
- Programme textUS Libertarian Party platform has supported drug legalisation, same-sex marriage and free expression since the 1970s.
Likud · AU +05
Coded +5. The 2023 judicial legislation is the basis; it was partially passed, then struck down.
- Documented act or statuteThe reasonableness standard for judicial review of executive appointments was legislated away in July 2023 and annulled by the supreme court in January 2024.
- Documented act or statuteThe proposals prompted the largest sustained protests in the state's history.
Nozick, LP · AU −08
Coded −8: strict constitutional limits and civil liberties.
- Programme textThe US party platform has opposed surveillance, conscription and drug prohibition since 1972.
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.
Likud
1973– · Israel
Security-first nationalism, settlement of the West Bank, free-market economics, judicial restraint.
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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