Georgist Distributism
Fusion of distributism and Georgism promoting widespread family ownership of productive property combined with land value taxation to prevent monopolies and state collectivism.
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In one sentence
I want widespread family productive ownership and curbs on land speculation, free from monopolies and state collectivism.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Leaning · Liberty
Power
- Balanced
Immigration
- Strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Leaning · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Strong · Public
Economy
- Leaning · Planning
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Very strong · Religious
Religion
- Strong · Traditionalist
Morality
- Very strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Religion
Leans further toward religious than 92% of the 262 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 61This ideology 10
Of all the axes, Religion is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Control
On Control, it sits practically at the catalog median.
Ideology median 63This ideology 62
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
G. K. Chesterton
A British writer, Chesterton popularized distributism, defending the wide distribution of property and small-scale production against monopoly capitalism and state socialism, with strong Christian inspiration.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyPeter MaurinChristian activist95%
SociallyJean-Jacques RousseauPhilosopher94%
EconomicallyGeorges SorelTheorist99%
Other compatible profiles
ActivismMahatma GandhiPolitical leader94%
ActivismBob MarleyMusician and reggae icon93%
ActivismEmiliano ZapataRevolutionary92%
Political theoryAlain de BenoistNouvelle Droite theorist90%
Intellectual lifeLeo TolstoyWriter90%
Intellectual lifeJ. R. R. TolkienWriter and philologist89%
PhilosophyJacques MaritainPhilosopher88%
ReligionPope Leo XIVReligious leader87%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
United Kingdom
Liberal-financial monarchyA parliamentary monarchy, the United Kingdom has a long liberal and democratic tradition, a market economy, and a strong financial sector, maintaining global influence after leaving the European Union in the process known as Brexit.
Other close countries
Zapatista Chiapas (Mexico)
Indigenous-communal autonomyZapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyGreenland (Denmark)Arctic-social autonomous territory81%
SociallyCroatiaCatholic-touristic parliamentary republic86%
EconomicallyVermont (United States)Progressive-communal region99%
The most distant
Old Swiss Confederacy
1291–1798Medieval alliance of autonomous cantons formed from the 1291 Pact, the Old Swiss Confederacy operated without a strong central power, combining direct democracy in local assemblies (Landsgemeinde), independent peasant militias, and weak joint military/diplomatic coordination among the cantons.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyMedieval Iceland (Commonwealth)c. 930–126279%
SociallyDemocratic Athensc. 508–322 a.C.76%
EconomicallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193998%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Center
- Center
Distributism
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
- Center
Communitarianism
Current that values community bonds, traditions, and the common good above individualism, holding that justice and identity arise from life in community and the responsibilities people share.
- Center
Eco-Conservatism
Branch that unites conservatism and environmental protection, defending the preservation of nature as part of the tradition and heritage to be passed on to future generations, with prudence toward change.
Closest in other spectrums
- Anarchist
Agrarian Anarchism
Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
- Anarchist
Anarcho-Distributism
Synthesis of anarchism and distributism that defends the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, with autonomous communities and cooperatives organized without a state or large monopolies.
- Left
Christian Social Democracy
Current that turns the Gospel into reforms within democracy, defending a welfare state, labor rights, unions and redistribution without breaking with the market or with liberal institutions.
The most distant ideology
Techno-MonarchismRight30%