Proximity: Neighbors
24 on a scale of 0 (close) to 100 (far). Closer than 85% of all pairs.
These are close neighbors, a difference of 24 on the 0 to 100 scale. Their differences spread across both values and principles. Direct opposition appears on 6 dimensions and 6 differ in degree rather than direction. The sharpest split is Authority & Hierarchy: Tea Party Movement strongly opposes where Reagan (U.S. presidency) leans toward.
Clusters
Tea Party MovementExtractive Rule
Tradition & Continuity leads the elevations, with Authority & Hierarchy, Material Aspiration, and Security & Stability high beside it, while Knowledge & Truth and Care & Welfare are strongly depressed and the procedural Principles run low. Elevated Material Aspiration is the distinctive marker among the hierarchical clusters. What separates it from Mobilized Absolutism is degree: the depressions here are shallower and the elevations less extreme.
Reagan (U.S. presidency)Pragmatic Achievement
Defined by elevated Evidence-Based Reasoning, with Achievement & Excellence, Material Aspiration, and Progress & Innovation running high alongside it. Sanctity & Transcendence and Tradition & Continuity sit low. The pattern is secular and outcome-focused: performance and evidence over inherited forms.
Where they sit
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Where the gaps are
8 dimensions identical; 0 not compared.