Chesterton called it Distributism, Ahlquist calls it Localism

By 6:47 / 14:27 of the following video, Dale Ahlquist has said it:

Was Chesterton a SOCIALIST? w/ Dale Ahlquist
Pints With Aquinas | 15 Febr. 2024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6lEEzh13kVE

6:07 — 6:40

Matt Fradd

Why do you like Localism why did you not like Distributism?

Dale Ahlquist

Just because of how it rolled off the tongue or well yeah it it because you immediately had to explain what it meant well and then you also have to immediately ask who's the one doing the distributing yeah [?] because it it it implied that someone had to be doing the distributing so there was way too much to explain with that word which is really a testimony to it's it's badness and worthlessness as a word.

Localism you don't have to explain that at all everyone immediately knows it means and then you can expound on on how we apply Localism.

It may merit to be added, a capitalist very small business is actually a very good example of Distributism as Chesterton saw it.

I had my first coffee, and later a jumble, in a bakery which involves:

• husband
• wife
• one employee.

And a cat./HGL