The 20th Century pioneered a boatload of bad ideas, but Distributism is one of the better ones. The basis of this ideology is to promote the wide distribution of private property, while avoiding large concentrations of wealth and power. Unfortunately, this went completely against the grain of the 20th Century-the age of giant governments, corporations, labor unions, armies, factories, and media conglomerates. The 21st may be more Distributist, as Big Government and Big Business aren't doing so well lately; while economies of scale are still important in many industries (steel, oil, coal, railroads) small-scale governments and business enterprises seem better prepared for the future.

The first time I heard this term discussed in an erudite way was in the mid-1960's when I heard Garry Wills discuss how he was a distributist.  I was caught up in capitalism at the time, but now as I tend towards rejection of capitalism, I am increasingly attracted to this theory. Distributism includes the theory of a just wage.  Distributism aims at the widest dispersal of goods among the greatest number.

Since I started studying with the Jesuit Fathers as I reject my Calvinist and heathen past, I have learned more about this just theory.  My movement towards the high church position continues.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism