Distributism

Distributism is a third-way, free market, culturally center-right ideology, inhabiting the center-high, far right section of the Authoritarian Left quadrant of the Political Compass. He is based on the Catholic social teachings, particularly the encyclicals of Popes Leo XIII and, to a lesser extent, Pius XI, and was developed into a more concrete ideology by Catholics in the 20th century, primarily Hilaire Belloc and G.K. Chesterton. He believes in the widespread distribution of the means of production, which are to be privately owned by the workers, widespread anti-trust laws, and the stratification of the federal government into the concept called "the principle of the subsidiarity". He also believes that the smallest social unit is the family, not the individual as in capitalism, and likes guilds... a lot.

Paternalistic Conservatism, Distributism, and  Longism are currently the three authleft ideologies that do not identify as socialist of any kind and should be portrayed being irritated when they are called that, their beliefs meant to provide an alternative to socialism with populist economics. Paternalistic Conservatism and Longism favor heavily regulated and populist state capitalism while Distributism favors co-ops, guilds, and family-owned enterprises. Longism is culturally moderate and while secular in its institutions, is influenced by the Bible. Paternalistic Conservatism favors working with religious institutions when possible and Distributism is based on Catholic social teaching.

Variants
Distributism/Distributist Libertarianism|Distributist Libertarianism Distributism/Monarcho-Distributism|Monarcho-Distributism

Personality and Behavior

 * Distributism is often portrayed as a devout Catholic. He may be seen wearing a rosary or calling the Pope based. However, it's not necessary to be a Christian to follow Distributism, it's just rather a call back to it's Origins/Roots.
 * He's not prone to violence, but does get rather sad when someone calls him a "Catholic socialist."
 * Distributism is best friends with [[File: Farm.png]] Agrarianism, [[File: Long.png]] Longism, [[File: Georgist.png]] Georgism, as well as [[File: Mutalist.png]] Mutualism and are often in comics together.
 * He is often seen trying to find common ground with other ideologies, often successfully.
 * He's basically "anti-centrist" centrism given that he combines the aspects of the quadrants that aren't advocated for by normally centrist parties under neoliberalism, which ironically helps him unify the quadrants.
 * Distributism likes LOVES the works of J.R.R. Tolkien.

How To Draw
Drawing Distributism is rather complicated, its flag is based on a design posted on Reddit by a now deleted account:


 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Draw a line in orange (#fc8922) vertically on the leftmost third and fill it in.
 * 3) Fill in the rest of the ball with orange-yellow (#fcc52b)
 * 4) Draw a dog in grey (#b0b4bc) carrying a torch (#898e95) with the flames stretching leftwards in deep red (#9d1d25). This can be as detailed or as vague as you want; we can't all be artists.
 * 5) Add the eyes, and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File: Farm.png]] Agrarianism - My neighbor in all things
 * [[File: Long.png]] Longism - EVERY MAN A KING AND NO ONE WEARS A CROWN
 * [[File: Marketsoc.png]] Market Socialism - Read different books, but came to nearly the same conclusion.
 * [[File: Mutalist.png]] Mutualism - Love u buddy, but get a government
 * [[File: Anmona.png]] Anarcho-Monarchism - This video and anything JRR Tolkien ever wrote on politics

Frenemies

 * [[File: Relsoc.png]] Catholic Socialism - Not much against the guy, BUT I'M NOT A CATHOLIC SOCIALIST!
 * [[File: Socdem.png]] Social Democracy - Has the right ideas about combining markets and re-distributive policies to create a more humane economy, but his centralized execution tends to the symptoms rather than the cause.
 * [[File: Libertarian.png]] Libertarianism - Has good ideas about decentralization, but his economic ideas lead to exploitation and derangement.

Enemies

 * [[File: Nazi.png]] National Socialism, [[File: ML.png]] Tankie, [[File: Fash.png]] Fascism - Godless tyrants

Books

 * Rerum novarum - Pope Leo XIII's thoughts on the exploitation of working class people by socialism and capitalism
 * The Servile State by Belloc
 * Economics for Helen by Hilaire Belloc
 * The Outline of Sanity by Chesterton
 * Utopia of Usurers by G.K. Chesterton
 * Toward a Truly Free Market: A Distributist Perspective on the Role of Government, Taxes, Health Care, Deficits, and More by John C. Medaille

Wikipedia Pages

 * Distributism

YouTube Videos

 * A short video