Distributist Progressivism

Distributist Progressivism is a center-left ideology. He supports the widespread ownership of wealth-generating property, human rights, and a market economy. His parents are  and.

Beliefs
Distributist Progressivism believes in distributive justice,  human rights, and  subsidiarity. He believes the widespread ownership of wealth generating property best achieves this. He is a champion of small-scale entrepreneurship, seeing them as more innovative, greener, efficient, and beneficial to minority communities. Monopoly and big business, however, corrupt democratic institutions, give wealthy individuals the loudest voices, and are a source of  stagnation—which he sees as a long-term threat to human rights and flourishing. So Distributist Progressivism wants to create an environment where small businesses thrive—leading to tight, self-sufficient communities—while discouraging or disallowing  large concentrations in wealth. Measures he supports to attain this include:
 * The [[File:Trustbust.png]] breaking up of large industries and trusts (e.g., Big Pharma, Big Tech, Big Banking, and Big Oil).
 * Top-down subsidies for small businesses (e.g., self-employment assistance, tax breaks, and generous loans for aspiring entrepreneurs and start-ups).
 * Removing or reforming unfair business privileges—like limited liability, patents, and ineffective regulations—to level the playing field.
 * Heavily promoting community banks and credit unions while abolishing [[File:Bankocracy.png]] interest or usury.
 * A tax on the [[File:Georgist.png]] unimproved value of land to deprive the landed elites of a tool to suppress unlanded commoners.

Besides the emphasis on subsidiarity, there are other characteristics of Distributist Progressivsm that sets him apart from other progressives. Many Distributist Progressives are supporters of agrarianism; either idealizing yeoman farmers, viewing rural societies as stronger and freer, or both. A historical example of this is La Follette. Some, though not all, Distributist Progressives are also supporters of an interventionist foreign policy; usually to promote  progressive causes worldwide.

The Democratic-Republican Party (1790-1845)
The Democratic-Republican Party was founded by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison to oppose Alexander Hamilton's policies. They were opposed to industrialization,  central banking (usually), and  protectionism (outside of war). They supported republicanism,  universal suffrage,  local-level production, and  free trade. Their strongest supporters were small farmers, low-level merchants, and craftsmen.

Thomas Jefferson called for maximizing financial independence. For a society where people are dependent on employers for survival will corrupt republican institutions. Wealthy industrialists will have the loudest voices, influencing their dependent workers into supporting their causes, buying out politicians, etc. Jefferson also predicted industrialization would force Americans to endure immense psychological suffering and less overall autonomy. Jefferson's solution was to promote the yeoman farmer—those who own their own farmland and subsist on it without external subversion. He also supported decentralized welfarism,  land-value taxation, opposed  central banking, and funded (debatably)  Robert Owens. At one point he introduced a measure into the Virginian constitution guaranteeing every Virginian 50 acres of land. Being the natural physiocrat he was, he supported free trade.

Jefferson's attacks on the Industrial Revolution and his agriculture-based solution would be mirrored, though likely unintentionally, by neo-Luddists like  Theodore Kaczynski centuries later. LibLeft ideologues would later claim Jefferson as one of their own. This includes Benjamin Tucker, who called himself an "unterrified Jeffersonian democrat."

The War of 1812 convinced James Madison of the need for a central bank and federal public works. But as President and working within Virginia's government, he pushed for universal suffrage, land grants for small farmers, and expanded American territory after Jefferson's Louisiana Purchase. Andrew Jackson as President of the United States would:
 * Dissolve the National Bank in favor of a decentralized banking system.
 * Expand voting rights to all white men, ending the property requirements favored by [[File:Hamiltonianism.png]] Federalists like Alexander Hamilton and John Adams.
 * Promote free trade (apart from war-related tariffs which sparked the Nullification Crisis).
 * Push for westward expansion to give farmers more land to acquire and subsist on. The yeoman farmer ideal played a significant role in [[File:Imp.png]] Manifest Destiny.

Though an Independent like Benjamin Franklin,  Thomas Paine's vision for society was similar to Jefferson's. He viewed economic equality as essential to sustaining a republican system, which he defined as freedom from domination. He thus called for widespread ownership of productive property. In Agrarian Justice, Paine discusses how Indian tribes have no poverty—that their work is akin to play, that starvation doesn't exist food is available to all, and that they lead more fulfilling lives—and attributes this to them treating land and natural resources as common property. (His apparent admiration for indigenous Americans echoed later anarcho-primitivist appraisal of hunter-gathering societies.) To achieve the same thing in a modern context he proposed a tax on land. If one were to occupy or use land, they would pay a tax for excluding others from it. The revenue derived from that tax would fund a basic income—justice for denying to others what rightfully belongs to all.

The Progressive Era (1896-1918)
The original distributists, through their ideological godfathers G.K. Chesterton and  Hillarie Belloc, played a significant role in inspiring and shaping anti-trust laws and their enforcement during this time. They saw trust busting as a necessary tool for breaking up big firms and redistributing them to smaller, more innovative enterprises. The United States was closest to the path of a distributist economic system under these progressive presidents.

Personality and Behavior
Distributist Progressivism can be depicted as irreligious or even a secularist. But he can also be depicted as a stoner Christian who believes marijuana can bring one closer to God and aren't sinful; as such, against the discretion of his uncle Classical Distributism, he can be seen with  Rastafarian Theocracy. He's also more revolutionary and violent than his pacifist aunt  due to his association with , another friend his uncle hates. Otherwise his personality is a combination of  and.

Stylistic Notes
Distributist Progressivism can be portrayed with red eyes like, a straw hat like  , or both.

How to Draw

 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Draw a line in lime green (#32CD32) vertically on the leftmost third and fill it in. The rest of the ball should be white.
 * 3) Draw a hound in grey (#B0B4BC) carrying either a torch (#898E95) with green flames stretching leftwards (#32CD32) or the black [[File:Progress.png]] Progressive umbrella (#000000).
 * 4) Add the eyes and you're all set. As said before, you can make them red like [[File:Soul.png]] Soulism and/or add a straw hat like [[File:Farm.png]] Agrarianism.

Friends

 * [[File:Jeffersondem2.png]] - Mom.
 * [[File:NatProg.png]] - Dad.
 * [[File:ClassDistr.png]] - My strict, religious uncle.
 * [[File:Mondistli.png]] - My other uncle.
 * [[File:Andist.png]] - My crazy aunt. She can't annul her marriage.
 * [[File:SocDist.png]] Social Distributism - My more radical younger brother who likes crypto currency.
 * [[File:Distlib.png]] - My older, less statist brother who shares my love for small businesses and weed.
 * [[File:Pinkdist.png]] Pink Distributism - My twin brother who wants more 👏 queer 👏 entrepreneurs.
 * [[File:Jacksonian_Democracy.png]] - My crazy maternal grandpa.
 * [[File:Long.png]] - My crazy paternal grandpa.
 * [[File:Georgist.png]] - I can start my own weed farm when you make the land so cheap!

Frenemies

 * [[File:Woodrow.png]] Wilsonianism - You continued and even expanded upon my father's legacy. But central banking and income taxes are uncool.

Enemies
W.I.P.

Social Media

 * Distributist Progressive Subreddit