What is Distributism?
Distributism wants productive property widely owned by families, workshops, and cooperatives rather than by the state or by large corporations. It is economically left of centre and socially traditional, often drawing on Catholic social teaching.
Core principles
- Widespread ownership
- Local production
- Traditional social order
On the PoliMap chart this cell runs from -6 to -2 on the economic axis and 2 to 6 on the social axis. Negative economic scores are left; positive social scores are authoritarian.
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