Editing Distributism (section)

== Politics ==
[[File:Triangle of economic systems.png|thumb|250px|Distributism's relation to [[socialism]] and [[capitalism]]]]
[[File:William Cobbett.JPG|250px|thumb|[[William Cobbett]]'s social views influenced [[G. K. Chesterton]].]]

The position of distributists, when compared to other political philosophies, is somewhat paradoxical and complicated (see [[Triangulation (politics)|triangulation]]). Firmly entrenched in an [[Organic (model)|organic]] but very [[Catholic Church in England and Wales|English Catholicism]], advocating culturally traditional and [[Agrarianism|agrarian]] values, directly challenging the precepts of [[Whig history]]—Belloc was nonetheless an MP for the Liberal Party, and Chesterton once stated, "As much as I ever did, more than I ever did, I believe in Liberalism. But there was a rosy time of innocence when I believed in Liberals".<ref name="orthodoxy">{{cite book | last=Chesterton | first=G. K. | title=Orthodoxy | publisher=BiblioBazaar | year=2008 | page=49 | isbn=978-0-554-33475-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7Wl2QyGUL0EC&pg=PA49 }}</ref>

Distributism does not favour one political order over another (political accidentalism). While some distributists such as [[Dorothy Day]] have been [[Anarchism|anarchists]], it should be remembered that most Chestertonian distributists are opposed to the mere concept of anarchism. Chesterton thought that distributism would benefit from the discipline that theoretical analysis imposes and that distributism is best seen as a widely encompassing concept inside of which any number of interpretations and perspectives can fit. This concept should fit a political system broadly characterized by widespread ownership of productive property.<ref>G. K. Chesterton, [https://archive.org/details/theoutlineofsanity ''The Outline of Sanity''](Norfolk, Va.: IHS Press, 2001), p. 90</ref>

In the United States, the [[American Solidarity Party]] generally adheres to Distributist principles as its economic model. [[Ross Douthat]] and [[Reihan Salam]] view their ''Grand New Party'', a roadmap for revising the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party in the United States]], as "a book written in the distributist tradition".<ref>{{cite web |author=Ross Douthat |url=https://twitter.com/DouthatNYT/statuses/317053001070161920 |title=Twitter post |date=27 March 2013}}</ref>

The Brazilian political party, [[Humanist Party of Solidarity]], was a distributist party, alongside the [[National Distributist Party]] in England,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://search.electoralcommission.org.uk/English/Registrations/PPm12944|title=View registration – The Electoral Commission|website=search.electoralcommission.org.uk}}</ref> and the [[Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)|Democratic Labour Party]] in Australia.

In the first round of the [[2024 Romanian presidential election]], candidate [[Călin Georgescu]], a independent candidate who advocates for a system based on distributism and [[sovereigntism]] received 23% of votes and qualified for the second round.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.libertatea.ro/stiri/calin-georgescu-si-elena-lasconi-in-turul-doi-al-alegerilor-prezidentiale-2024-5096303 | title=Călin Georgescu și Elena Lasconi, în turul doi al alegerilor prezidenţiale 2024 | date=25 November 2024 }}</ref>