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Peronism and Pinochet Regime
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 | Justicialism | Pinochet Regime | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −05 | +09 | 14 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +03 | +08 | 5 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +06 | +10 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +06 | +07 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +04 | +05 | 1 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +01 | +04 | 3 | 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.
Justicialism · EC −05
Coded −5 for the 1946–55 governments specifically; the movement as a whole spans fourteen points and is the reason Menemism and Kirchnerism are separate entries.
- Documented act or statuteRailways, telephones and the central bank were nationalised between 1946 and 1948.
- Documented act or statuteReal wages rose sharply in the first term through state-backed collective bargaining.
Pinochet Regime · EC +09
Among the deepest market liberalisations attempted anywhere, executed under a military government.
- Documented act or statutePensions were transferred to private individual accounts in 1981.
- Documented act or statuteState enterprises, health and schooling were privatised or voucherised through the late 1970s and 1980s.
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.
Peronism
1946– · Argentina
Social justice, economic independence and political sovereignty, delivered by a leader speaking directly for the shirtless masses.
Pinochet Regime
1973–1990 · Chile
Free-market restructuring imposed by a military junta after the violent overthrow of an elected government.
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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