Catholic Mutualism

Old Guard Mutualism is a child of Mutualism and Anarcho-Distributism, and inhabits a spot on the Libertarian left. He is a culturally conservative and economically market socialist ideology. He puts a strong emphasis on traditional family values and hard work through cooperatives and mutuals. He is basically Mutualism but conservative, with an adherence to Catholic biblical values, and a taste for agrarianism, more specifically agrarian socialism. He believes that cooperatives should be set up like in regular Mutualism, but property should be owned by those in the cooperative and distributed among the members of the cooperative, like his mother, Anarcho-Distributism. He also believes that socialism is the only viable option for these agrarian cooperatives, like his mutalist father, and very strongly identifies with the economic far left. Sadly, because of his conservative social views, pro-agrarian stance, somewhat tolerant property views and pro-market socialist economy, he is alienated from his fellow socialists in most instances. He wants to return to a simpler time, and is in favor of de-urbanization, and returning to farms and large work properties. He also adores Pope Francis, and the teachings of Pope XIII and Pope Pius XI. He is ok with some forms of property, such as farms, as long as people in the cooperative own them and work on them, which Mutualism hates about him, but his mother, Anarcho-Distributism, adores. He is more culturally moderate than his brother, Traditional Mutualism, and is absolutely terrified by his cousin, Reactionary Mutualism, who he sees as taking conservatism WAY too far, and not being focused enough on workers rights or socialism.