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Peronism and Putinism
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on SC. They diverge by eight points or more on EC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Justicialism | United Russia, sovereign democracy | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | −05 | +03 | 8 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +03 | +09 | 6 | 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 | +09 | 3 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +04 | +08 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +01 | −03 | 4 | 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.
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.
United Russia, sovereign democracy · EC +03
Coded right of centre: flat taxation and private ownership, contingent on political loyalty.
- Documented act or statuteA thirteen percent flat personal income tax was introduced in 2001.
- Documented act or statuteThe Yukos case in 2003–04 established that private ownership is revocable for political reasons.
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.
Putinism
2000– · Russia
A strong personalised state restoring great-power status, with traditional values against a decadent West.
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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