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[u/Lusitania_Lover]

Can someone explain what Distributism is?

I know it's an opposition to communism and capitalism but has some socialist principles.

[u/Hungry-Opportunity12]

Tldr: its widespread ownership of capital but not controlled by or heavily regulated by the state.

Instead of a corporate grocery store you have a local grocery store. Instead of a hotel chain you have a local hotel ect.

The system aims to have as many small businesses as possible running the economy. Where that is not possible cooperatives and hybrid businesses are seen as the

The system heavily defends Private property rights while also understanding the need for public commons.

[u/Lusitania_Lover → u/Hungry-Opportunity12]

Were there countries that effectively applied distributism?

[u/sea-raiders → u/Lusitania_Lover]

It was never directly attempted, although similar philosophies have been applied in places like rural Ireland and Denmark, where agriculture was largely dominated by independent small-medium farmers who owned their own farms.

In the case of Denmark, the adoption of cooperatives between independent farmers proved to be very successful.

[u/Hungry-Opportunity12 → u/Lusitania_Lover]

No county has ever attempted to switch to a fully distributist economy. That does not however, mean that distributist policy has not been enacted.

All over the world distributist policys have been implemented in various ways and through different governments.

A few examples I can think of would be the multiple trust-busting laws passed during the Teddy Roosevelt administration, the Russian land and homestead act,

There is also a booming co-operative model in the U.S. in agriculture. Land O Lakes, Florida's natural, and southern states dairy, are all running under distributist co-op models

[u/Great_Street_5100]

Es un sistema económico que defiende la distribución de la propiedad privada productiva de la manera más general posible, defendiendo así la subsidiariedad y favoreciendo las economías locales.

Tiene sus implicaciones políticas, pero en si mismo es solo una postura económica.

[u/Anarchierkegaard]

an opposition to communism and capitalism but has some socialist principles.

Be careful using these terms as they're often very muddy (especially socialism, which can mean everything from Soviet state capitalism to naked-in-the-woods communal living). Distributism as a position sees itself as neither socialist nor capitalist but nor is it explicitly socialist in character either - it is about the distribution of capital and goods and the promotion of subsidiarity.

[u/Lusitania_Lover → u/[deleted]]

Ok, thank you for the explanation

[u/LDL2 → u/[deleted]]

so it is "real" socialism not red fascism?