I am not very familiar with all the "Catholic" Belloc and Chesterton views on Distribution. They have a following (especially among a segment of conservatives) and one day I need to delve into it. Mostly when I try to get into these discussions I don't see how this can work on a practical level (Trade Guilds?). However again I am not well versed into it to have a huge conversation on it. However I do know enough to realize there are big differences between a Obama "spread the wealth view" and the Belloc/ Chesterton view of Distribution.
I was happy to these short post that went into it yesterday at Distributism vs. Redistributism
Tip of the Hat to Instapundit
Thursday, October 23, 2008
The Differrence Between Obama's Redistributism and "Catholic" Distributism
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James,
I must admit that I need to delve deeper into Distributism more, too.
However, from what I've learned over the past couple of years, Distributism is probably the best economic model that there is.
Unfortunately, I think that it would be impossible at this stage of the game to switch over to it.
Now, if there should be some kind of economic meltdown that would require significant rebuilding of the whole structure...
While it certainly isn't an easy road, Distributism contends change must occur from the bottom up. In other words, we must begin at the smallest level of community.
For rural inhabitants, one of the ways to make changes is to support the small shop. The second to begin non-profits interested in advocating for local government subsidization of small business vs. big business.
Micro-credit programs have proven to be powerful tools in helping the ordinary family receive loans (at little or no interest) for the creation of small businesses, while local currencies have been another avenue.
I know a comment box isn't long enough to talk about community land trusts, cooperatives, and more, so let me just say that Distributism on an isolated level has worked in countries like Italy, Spain, and right here in America.
It isn't very difficult to accomplish, and we can make it work by supporting subsidiarity.
The road is long but not as complicated as we may believe.
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