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The people who form these efforts rarely go by the name "distributist"; however, these efforts are eminently in accord with distributism, and can and should be supported as such by distributists.
Why Care about Distributism? Donald Goodman 2008
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The people who form these efforts rarely go by the name "distributist"; however, these efforts are eminently in accord with distributism, and can and should be supported as such by distributists.
Archive 2008-12-01 Donald Goodman 2008
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So, when a distributist speaks of liberty he means independence for the family from the concentration of power, whether bureaucratic or commercial interest.
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Distributism, on the other hand, seeks to establish the distributist state, in which, as Belloc said, so great a number of the citizens are owners that the society as a whole takes on the character of owners, rather than of non-owning workers.
The True Sources of Wealth Donald Goodman 2009
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In Part II of my response to him, I will discuss the particular problems he raises with the viability of a distributist economy.
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I present a “distributist program” not because I think our future will unfold programmatically; rather, it is likely to be chaotic, even violent, as such transitions often are.
Archive 2009-08-01 John M 2009
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The claim of the distributist in this regard is not much different from the claim of the pure libertarian: It is government which fosters the accumulation of property into fewer and fewer hands.
Archive 2009-08-01 John M 2009
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Also, we must thank fellow distributist Jeremiah Bannister for the fantastic photographs.
Archive 2009-04-01 Tom Laney 2009
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The agrarian and distributist movements with their quite-cogent critiques of enclosure; technocratic management; the fetishization of “efficiency” and “growth” in industrial policy; and the “the servile state.”
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However, that fact does not mean that I, as a distributist, cannot do my part in creating a distributist state.
The True Sources of Wealth Donald Goodman 2009
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