Editing Distributism (section)

== Social theory ==
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=== Human family ===
[[G. K. Chesterton]] considered one's home and family the centrepiece of society. He recognized the family unit and home as centrepieces of living and believed that every man should have his property and home to enable him to raise and support his family. Distributists recognize that strengthening and protecting the family requires that society be nurturing.<ref>{{Cite web |title=G.K. Chesterton's Distributism |url=https://distributistreview.com/archive/g-k-chestertons-distributism |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=The Distributist Review |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Subsidiarity ===
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Distributism puts great emphasis on the principle of subsidiarity. This principle holds that no larger unit (whether social, economic, or political) should perform a function that a smaller unit can perform. In ''[[Quadragesimo anno]]'', [[Pope Pius XI]] provided the classical statement of the principle: "Just as it is gravely wrong to take from individuals what they can accomplish by their own initiative and industry and give it to the community, so also it is an injustice and at the same time a grave evil and disturbance of right order to assign to a greater and higher association what lesser and subordinate organizations can do".<ref name="uywdmd">Pope Pius XI, ''[https://www.vatican.va/holy_father/pius_xi/encyclicals/documents/hf_p-xi_enc_19310515_quadragesimo-anno_en.html Quadragesimo anno]'', 1931.</ref>

=== Social security ===
The [[Democratic Labour Party (Australia, 1980)|Democratic Labour Party of Australia]] espouses distributism and does not hold the view of favouring the elimination of social security who, for instance, wish to "[r]aise the level of student income support payments to the Henderson poverty line".<ref>{{cite web |last=Cath |date=11 September 2015 |title=Policy: Students |url=https://dlp.org.au/policy-students/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224023716/https://dlp.org.au/policy-students/ |archive-date=2019-02-24 |access-date=23 February 2019 |publisher=Democratic Labour Party}}</ref>

The [[American Solidarity Party]] has a platform of favouring an adequate social security system, stating: "We advocate for social safety nets that adequately provide for the material needs of the most vulnerable in society".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/platform/|title=Solidarity Party Platform|publisher=American Solidarity Party|access-date=1 January 2020|archive-date=10 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210610024059/https://solidarity-party.org/about-us/platform/|url-status=dead}}</ref>