Distributist Social Democracy, clipped to DistSocDem, is an
economically center-left and culturally variable ideology which seeks widespread ownership of the means of production and a strong welfare state—combining
Social Democracy with
Distributism. Such an economic model is in sharp contrast to Social Democracy's common present-day manifestation, which is more
neoliberal in character. It can also be seen as
Social Distributism without the influence of
Fourth Theory.
Rather than wanting to 100% change Distributism to suit “socialist views”, he believes that both
Social Democracy and
Distributism must co-exist and reform themselves to create a
merger of the two, leaning into both
socialist,
democratic and
religious values.
DistSocDem finds that a lot of welfare programs and business regulations, when achieved through
reform rather than revolution, can lead to higher prosperity for the people, rather than systems of
unregulated (laissez-faire) capitalism or
socialism, ideologies whom he sees as equally flawed and exploitative, while favoring economic mechanisms such as
cooperatives and member-owned mutual organizations as well as small businesses and large-scale competition law reform such as antitrust legislations.
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