Distributism
Everyone should own a little.
Distributists hate concentrated ownership, whether it's mega-corporations or the state. They want property spread widely: small farms, family businesses, craft workshops and co-ops. It comes from Catholic social teaching and was championed by two English writers in the early 1900s.
What they'd say
Too much capitalism means too few capitalists.
Own your tools, own your life.
Small is beautiful.
Its 12-axis profile
Where it gets messy
Economists say you'd lose economies of scale and get poorer. Others call it nostalgia for a world that's not coming back.
Names to know
- G. K. Chesterton
- Hilaire Belloc
- E. F. Schumacher
Its squad
Countries that think like this
These countries and regimes have Distributism as their closest match out of all 46 types.
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