Classical Liberal Distributism

Enlightened Distributism
Basic Information
Aliases	Classical Liberal Distributism Minarcho-Distributism Liberal Anti-Capitalism True Liberalism (by himself) True Classical Liberalism (by himself) Distributist Republicanism
Alignment(s)	Center-LibLeft to  LibLeft Cultural Center  Culturally Progressive Traditionalist Agrarians Democratic  Distributists Georgists Individualists Liberals  Markets
Ideological Influences
Influenced by	Enlightenment Thought Agrarianism Distributism Individualism Egalitarianism
Ideological Information
Notable Theorists	Thomas Jefferson Thomas Paine François Quesnay Andrew Jackson David Ricardo Dorothy Day (some) Henry George (often) James Madison James Monroe Jean-Jacques Rousseau Hilaire Belloc (usually without religious aspects) John Locke John Bates Clark Pierre de Nemours Theodore Roosevelt (many) Robert M. La Follete Sr. (Most) USA Voltaire
Character Information
Likes	Small business Worker cooperatives Farmers Free trade
Dislikes	Cities Tariffs (usually)

Enlightened Distributism (also known as Classical Liberal Distributism or DistLib) is an economically center-left to left-wing, culturally variable ideology. It is a combination of distributist economics and classical liberalism or radical liberalism. Borrowing heavily from classical liberalism's French tradition—including thinkers like Jean-Jacques Rousseau and François Quesnay—he believes that too much economic inequality is detrimental to liberty. He sees the widespread ownership of wealth-generating property as necessary to preserving enlightenment values.

Classical Liberal Distributism tends to support constitutional republicanism. Often, like Jeffersonian democracy, he likes decentralization. Economic views can range from free-market anti-capitalism to a market-friendly form of Diggerism. Unlike his step-father, Distributism, he is not that devout of a Catholic; his cultural and social views can range from moderate progessivism to moderate conservatism.

History

W.I.P.

Ideological Relations

Acquaintances of the Enlightenment

• The Enlightenment - I am your biggest fan and you are my biggest source of inspiration.
• Classical Liberalism - My based father and where I got my political and philosophical views from.
• Radical Liberalism - My favorite uncle and another source of inspiration.
• Distributism - My religious mother who gave me the best economic system for protecting liberty. She could learn to utilize rationality and science more often, though.
• Republicanism - Down with absolutists! Up with republics!
• Humanism - Yes, humanity is good and comes up with some of the best ideas in all of history.

Further Information

Literature

• "Notes on the State of Virgina" by Thomas Jefferson
• "The Federalist Papers" (the parts by Madison especially)
• Tableau Economique by François Quesnay
• "The Servile State" by Hilarie Belloc
• "Progress And Poverty" by Henry George
• "A Discourse Upon The Origin And The Foundation Of The Inequality Among Mankind" by Jean Jacques Rousseau
• by "On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation" by David Ricardo
• "Agrarian Justice" by Thomas Paine

Articles

• Thomas Jefferson's Political and Economic Vision
• Democratic-Republican Party

Videos

• Thomas Jefferson as Philosopher: Morality, Slavery, Political Philosophy
• Distributism in 100 Seconds
• Francois Quesnay
• Voltaire - His Ideas in a Nutshell
• Toward a Truly Free Market | John C. Médaille | Talks at Google