Voice Of GO(r)D is very happy to bring you Mr Michael Thomas of Sharon, to discuss the idea of Distributism, a political and economic program influenced by Catholic Social teaching, the RERUM NOVARUM, an encyclical by Pope Leo XIII, and the ideas of such early 20th century thinkers as G.K. Chesterton and Hillaire Belloc.

Mr. Sharon describes Distributism thusly -

"A good social order is one which guarantees the rights of property to the widest amount of people, and that helps them turn that property productive for their own use first."

“Well distributed private property is very, very, different, than equally distributed government property.”

Or as Chesterton put it, everyone gets 3 acres and a cow.

Through this wide ranging chat, we go through the history of Distributism as an idea, the Catholic Land Movement, and make diversions into critiques of our degenerate zeitgeist and economic situation, eventually landing on how Distributism can be applied to many economic markets, including trucking.

You can find Michael on Twitter - https://twitter.com/michaeltg09

You can read Pope Leo XIII encyclical RERUM NOVARUM here - https://www.vatican.va/content/leo-xiii/en/encyclicals/documents/hf_l-xiii_enc_15051891_rerum-novarum.html

Distributism Wiki - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributism

The U.S. Catholic Land Movement's website - https://catholiclandmovement.info/

If you want to meet me at a great conference discussing many ideas explored on this show and by many of my friends and associates, you can find me at Front Porch Republic 2023 in Madison, Wisconsin, on October 20-21.

https://www.frontporchrepublic.com/2023-conference/

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