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Pinochet Regime and National Rally
Measured distance across six axes
Different families with real common ground. They agree within three points on CU, ID. They diverge by eight points or more on EC.
Axis by axis
| Axis | Pinochet Regime | RN, Front National | Gap | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EC · Economic organisation | +09 | −01 | 10 | Diverges | Carries the disagreement. Any claim that these two are alike has to explain this. |
| CU · Social and cultural order | +08 | +08 | 0 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| AU · Organisation of power | +10 | +04 | 6 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| SC · Scale of decision | +07 | +03 | 4 | Differs | Real difference, but not the dividing line. |
| ID · Rule of membership | +05 | +07 | 2 | Agrees | Effectively the same position. Not what an argument between them is about. |
| CH · Method and tempo | +04 | −01 | 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.
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.
RN, Front National · EC −01
Moved from a market position in the 1980s to a protectionist and pro-welfare position, which is why it now sits near the centre.
- Programme textOpposition to raising the pension age and support for price controls on energy and food staples.
- Comparative datasetCHES records a substantial leftward movement in radical right economic positioning across recent waves.
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.
Pinochet Regime
1973–1990 · Chile
Free-market restructuring imposed by a military junta after the violent overthrow of an elected government.
National Rally
1972– · France
National priority for French citizens, sharp restriction of immigration, sovereignty against the EU, protection of purchasing power.
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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