# Distributism And Fediverse

Recently I've accidently met an ideology called "distributism" and
I've immediately found myself a distributist. So I really want to
introduce this ideology. What is distributism?


To define simply,

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Distributism
: Widespread private ownership of means of production
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I think this could be the core definition although distributism is
not all about economy. Originally it came from Catholic social
teachings. But you don't have to be a Catholic for distributism.
You could also call this system "ownership economy".


If you define capitalism as "private ownership of means of production",
then distributism is a form of capitalism. But in typical capitalism,
few people control the means of production while most people can't.
As a result, most people become wageslaves and overdepend on the
system. In distributism, private ownership is widespread so that
most people can be self-sufficient or can live by running small
family businesses. This will preserve family and community values
too.

Distributism opposes socialism. Because socialism is like "Private
property sucks. So let's remove it and share instead". While
distributism is "Private property is so important. Hence we should
make sure that everyone can get own private property". Distributism
encourages cooperation though. But it is more through cooperatives
and guilds. Not through socialism way.


The ideology underneath the fediverse is exactly distributism.
Neocities and other web0 things too. Let's see what I discussed in
this example.

* Typical capitalism: Few people control the centralised servers
like Twitter and YouTube. Most people are "users" or "content
creators" of these platforms.

* Socialism: Instead of owning the centralised servers, let's share
the platform as a decentralised network like a blockchain.

* Distributism: Let's build own individual websites. Make webrings
and federate via ActivityPub.

So I support distributism as well as I support Neocities, web0 and
fediverse.