Anarcho-Distributism
Synthesis of anarchism and distributism that defends the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, with autonomous communities and cooperatives organized without a state or large monopolies.
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In one sentence
I want property widely distributed among cooperatives and autonomous communities, producing on a small scale without state or monopolies.
Political axes
Profile across the 12 axes
- Very strong · Federal
Structure
- Very strong · Democracy
Representation
- Very strong · Liberty
Power
- Strong · Multiculturalism
Immigration
- Very strong · Pacifist
Diplomacy
- Very strong · Non-interventionist
Intervention
- Balanced
Economy
- Balanced
Control
- Leaning · Protectionism
Trade
- Balanced
Religion
- Balanced
Morality
- Strong · Biology
Technology
What sets this ideology apart
Structure
Leans further toward federal than 97% of the 243 ideologies in the catalog.
Ideology median 36This ideology 99
Of all the axes, Structure is where it stands furthest from the rest.
Morality
On Morality, it sits close to the catalog median.
Ideology median 43This ideology 48
Here it shares common ground with most ideologies.
Personalities
Peter Maurin
A French Christian activist, Maurin co-founded the Catholic Worker Movement, defending social justice, voluntary poverty, and communities of work and mutual aid inspired by the social doctrine of the Church.
Closest, by dimension
PoliticallyLeo TolstoyWriter96%
SociallyMahatma GandhiPolitical leader94%
EconomicallyMartin LutherProtestant reformer99%
Other compatible profiles
PhilosophyMartin BuberPhilosopher94%
Intellectual lifeHenry David ThoreauWriter92%
ActivismTed KaczynskiTerrorist and anti-technology writer91%
Intellectual lifeFranz KafkaWriter91%
Political theoryJohn ZerzanPhilosopher90%
Intellectual lifeJ. R. R. TolkienWriter and philologist90%
PoliticsAbdullah ÖcalanPolitical leader90%
Intellectual lifeGeorge OrwellWriter88%
The most distant
Countries
Reference country
Costa Rica
Liberal-pacifist republicA presidential republic in Central America, Costa Rica stands out for abolishing its armed forces, its consolidated democracy, its environmental commitment, and a tradition of political stability and peace in the region.
Other close countries
Zapatista Chiapas (Mexico)
Indigenous-communal autonomyZapatista territories in southern Mexico, self-governed since 1994 by mostly Maya communities through caracoles and Good Government Councils, rejecting political parties and the state, with cooperative agrarian economy and strong women's leadership.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyRojava (North and East Syria)Democratic-egalitarian confederalism88%
SociallyColombiaCatholic-pacifying republic88%
EconomicallyNigeriaFederal presidential republic96%
The most distant
Free Territory (Makhnovshchina)
1918–1921During the Russian Revolution, Makhno's Free Territory was an anarchist experiment in Ukraine, with self-managed peasant communes and popular militias that rejected both the White state and Bolshevik power.
Also close, by dimension
PoliticallyAnarchist Aragon and Catalonia1936–193987%
SociallyOld Swiss Confederacy1291–179887%
EconomicallyHoly Roman Empire (First Reich)962–180698%
The most distant
Ideological proximity
Close ideologies
Closest within Anarchist
- Anarchist
Anarcho-primitivism
Current of John Zerzan and Ted Kaczynski that sees industrial civilization and agriculture itself as the root of domination, calling for the end of modern technology and a return to small stateless hunter-gatherer communities.
- Anarchist
Zapatismo
Neo-Zapatista movement that emerged in 1994 in southern Mexico, combining indigenous autonomy, direct democracy through assemblies and caracoles, cooperative subsistence economy, and refusal to seize state power, summed up as 'lead by obeying'.
- Anarchist
Agrarian Anarchism
Anarchist branch centered on the countryside, defending autonomous rural communities, collective ownership of land, and peasant cooperation, rejecting the state and land concentration in favor of self-management.
Closest in other spectrums
- Center
Political Buddhism
Applies the Dharma to politics: Ashoka's righteous king, Schumacher's Buddhist economics, Buddhadasa's Dhammic socialism and Bhutan's Gross National Happiness. It prioritizes nonviolence, moderate consumption, community and harmony with nature.
- Left
Indigenism
Current that values indigenous peoples and their rights, defending autonomy, territory, culture, and political participation, along with development models and a plurinational state that respect their traditions.
- Center
Distributism
Doctrine of Christian inspiration that advocates the wide distribution of property and small-scale production, opposing both monopoly capitalism and state socialism in favor of autonomous communities.
The most distant ideology
Stalinist SocialismRadical Left27%