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Distributism, being a Catholic belief, is ultimately based on the principal of subsidiarity, which is a Catholic social doctrine stating that all matters of gov
by tathougies 8y ago
Distributism, being a Catholic belief, is ultimately based on the principal of subsidiarity, which is a Catholic social doctrine stating that all matters of government ought to be handled at the most local level competent and able enough to deal with the matter. Thus, while national defense may best lay with the national government, the trash pickup schedule is best decided by local processes.
- lixtra 8y agoI don’t see why Catholism is emphasized so much in your answer. The concepts discussed exist independently of Catholism, have their roots before Catholism and looking at them from a religious angle confounds more than it clarifies.
- true_religion 8y agoIt’s based on the writings of Catholic popes. I think calling it Catholic merely gives credit to its recent originators. It’s just the same as calling a school of economics Austrian, or a branch of psychology Freudian.
- c0brac0bra 8y agoAdditionally the foremost apologists for Distributism, G.K. Chesterton and Hilaire Belloc, were Catholic writers.
- tathougies 8y agoBecahse distributism was first explained by catholic scholars. In order to understand them you must understand their catholicism
- amelius 8y agoBut you can translate this to corporations, and consider that large corporations are more efficient than small ones. But large corporations have downsides, so the optimum is somewhere in the middle (?)