Distributism is great because it is a third way; some are afraid of too much corporate power, some are afraid of too much government power, but distributists ar

Distributism is great because it is a third way; some are afraid of too much corporate power, some are afraid of too much government power, but distributists are wary of anyone having too much power and are able to provide a solution for that. However, there has to be a shift in consumers' mindsets for distributism to be embraced. One of the great things that capitalism/economies of scale does is drive prices down. A $100 grocery bill at Walmart could be $120 or more at the local grocery store, and for a lot of people that $20 makes a real difference. People rail against big banks, but don't mind the cheaper mortgages. And so on. Distributism has a lot of benefits, but in most of the cases that matter, price, selection, and oftentimes convenience are not benefits, and that's what we seem to optimize for. It requires a different set of priorities.