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@RJ805 @ApocalyptoLatte1488 @KennyWhitePowers @d0c40r0 @Jean_Philippe_Micheaux @Mcf3dcomicz @OceanRedux @Twoinchdestroya @Zealist @cici Distributism. Small scale third position. Small government size and small business size. Government scope is limited but extremely strong, primarily to restrain corporate power via anti trust. Protectionism, usury is illegal, co-op and ownership of businesses, unions when that doesn't work. Guild system to replace corporate shielding and much of the regulatory bureaucrat gang. More confederacy esque with regional governments accommodating their constituents. Private property. Non productive activities can be taxed at a higher level to dissuade market manipulation. Essentially the goal is to flip the wealth pyramid on its head where the majority of the wealth is owned by the middle class. Antitrust prevents excessive magnate control but you can still have wealthy successful people.
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@Monarque @RJ805 @ApocalyptoLatte1488 @KennyWhitePowers @d0c40r0 @Jean_Philippe_Micheaux @Mcf3dcomicz @OceanRedux @Twoinchdestroya @Zealist @cici I just came back to this post and wanted to address something you said above.
>It simply wishes to have a sort of national capitalism, where the free market is intact, yet where corporations are not allowed to hijack the national economy on such a scale that it no longer benefits the people.
It is a market-system, but not a free-market system in the classic sense, because protectionism is utilized for the benefit of the nation. If your state has a successful show industry and you want to keep employment and industry healthy, it is perfectly acceptable for a tarrif on foreign shoes to go into place in order to keep your industry strong. Things can get fuzzy at that point, because tarrifs tend to create retaliatory tarrifs. With a country like the USA with its vast land and resources, it shouldn't be too much trouble to have an economy that's fairly independent of the global system provided it has the manufacturing in place. We had that once, and we can have it again. Not that we should flip the bird to the world, but it makes sense to care more for your own people than for the explicit interests of financial capitalist elites.
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@BowsacNoodle @RJ805 @ApocalyptoLatte1488 @KennyWhitePowers @d0c40r0 @Jean_Philippe_Micheaux @Mcf3dcomicz @OceanRedux @Twoinchdestroya @Zealist @cici This is really interesting because it doesn't seek socialism yet manages to theoretically accomplish some of the socialist goals without the process..? ... It simply wishes to have a sort of national capitalism, where the free market is intact, yet where corporations are not allowed to hijack the national economy on such a scale that it no longer benefits the people.
I am a bit ignorant - what is the best, easiest way to understand distributism..? Is it basically what is mentioned above?
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