Atlas / Comparisons / La Libertad Avanza vs Neoliberalism
La Libertad Avanza and Neoliberalism
Measured distance across six axes
The same broad family. They agree within three points on EC, SC. No axis separates them by eight points or more.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Milei | Mont Pèlerin, Chicago | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +10 | +09 | 1 | 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 | +04 | −02 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | 00 | +02 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +03 | −02 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +03 | −02 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
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.
Milei · AU +04
Coded +4: elected and constitutionally constrained, governing extensively by decree with a legislative minority.
- Documented act or statuteNecessity and urgency decrees have been the principal legislative instrument.
- Documented act or statuteCongress and the courts have blocked or reversed several decrees, which is why this is not higher.
Mont Pèlerin, Chicago · AU −02
Coded slightly negative: the doctrine constrains majorities through rules and independent bodies, which disperses rather than concentrates authority.
- ScholarshipCentral bank independence, fiscal rules and treaty commitments remove decisions from ordinary majority revision.
- ScholarshipThis is delegation, not concentration; the entry for technocratic centrism is coded positive on the same reasoning and separates the two.
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.
La Libertad Avanza
2021– · Argentina
Radical reduction of the state, dollarisation, and a declared war on the political caste.
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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