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Likud and Neoliberalism
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on EC, SC, CH. They diverge by eight points or more on ID.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Likud | Mont Pèlerin, Chicago | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +06 | +09 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +06 | +01 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +05 | −02 | 7 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +03 | +02 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +07 | −02 | 9 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CH · Method and tempo | −03 | −02 | 1 | 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 · ID +07
Coded +7: the 2018 Basic Law defines national self-determination as belonging to one people.
- Documented act or statuteThe Nation-State Basic Law of 2018 removed Arabic's status as an official language and named Jewish settlement a national value.
Mont Pèlerin, Chicago · ID −02
Coded mildly universalist: free movement of capital, goods and, for most exponents, labour.
- ScholarshipFriedman and Hayek both defended open immigration in principle, with Friedman qualifying it against a welfare state.
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.
Neoliberalism
1947– · International
Market competition as the organising principle of policy, insulated from democratic interference by rules and independent institutions.
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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