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Leftist Distributist is a political affiliation that supports the general views of "Distributism" but with a left-leaning (or socialist-leaning) edge. No matter what grouping of perspectives an individual embraces, the focus point is on spreading the ownership of the means of production as widely as possible, rather than being centralized under the control of the state (state socialism), a few individuals (plutocracy), or corporations (corporatocracy). We are against capitalism first and foremost, as we see it as treating humans as objects rather than people and forcing them to sell themselves into a form of slavery (wage slavery). On the other hand, we do not identify with any particular form of socialism (although we have socialist tendencies). We see the history of socialism as being very unstable and often tyrannical, and are looking to embrace a third way. At the end of the day, we want society based around the principle of subsidiarity in which states that "matters ought to be handled by the smallest, lowest or least centralized competent authority." We are against authoritarian policies and regimes and do not want society reliant on a centralized state. People should not be mere cogs in the machine.