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A French philosopher, Proudhon was the first to declare himself an anarchist and formulated mutualism, defending fair exchange, free credit, and use-based property, with the famous phrase that property is theft.
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Pierre-Joseph Proudhon leans further toward federal than 99% of the 569 personalities in the catalog.
Of all the topics, Structure is where Pierre-Joseph Proudhon stands furthest from the rest.
On Free market, Pierre-Joseph Proudhon sits practically at the catalog median.
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Proudhon's original doctrine, denouncing property as theft and advocating free mutual credit, federalism of autonomous communities and possession by use, with strong moral reservations about progress and customs.
Republican tradition that idealizes the small landowning farmer as the basis of civic virtue and liberty, advocating wide distribution of land, limited and decentralized government, and distrust of banks, public debt, industry and large cities.
A system in which citizens decide laws directly through referendums, popular initiatives, assemblies and recall of officials, instead of delegating to representatives, as in the Swiss cantons and classical Athens.
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Techno-SocialismRadical Left40%
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