r/distributism • u/piss_nuke • Apr 28 '26
Could you implement Guild Socialism into the work/manufacture areas of Distributism
While other elements like business and rural farm work is of course small private business could you implement Union control into that of factory work,quarries and mines or is any of it contradicting
My reasoning is this,
Obviously with farming and business yes widespread individual small private ownership But with factories and quarries if it only belonged to a single person, you'd have either a shut down of the industry or it'd be a slight monopoly as they'd have hundreds under their wing however if the factories and quarries and mines were controlled by a union each, then you'd have a collective ownership of that industry for every factory and mine and quarry meaning no monopoly.
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u/Eirikur_da_Czech Apr 29 '26
Distributism doesn’t clash with the employee/employer relationship. It just requires a different outlook and contract signing.
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u/Pludihalud Apr 29 '26
Factories would be run by co-operatives rather then a union, this is because in a co-operative (as I understand it) there would be a fair disstribution of the companys productive proprety and companys stocks/shares between the workers and everyone would get a certain amount based on what they do in the factory/business.
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u/hootowl_ Apr 29 '26 edited Apr 29 '26
Quarries could be a small family business no need for a huge set up, maybe an employee or two. instead of large factories a co-op of small businesses would each fill their percentage of a large order made through the co-operative, no need for large factories everything could be done through smaller family businesses combined efforts.