"Distributism he claimed, is a policy of widely distributed property, specifically ownership of capital, with a preference for small, family-owned farms and artisan-type businesses. When enterprises must be large, Chesterton insisted that they be corporations jointly owned by the workers themselves. It is unclear whether he considered supervisors and management workers. This definition of distributism was by itself vague enough to confuse people, many of whom did not and still do not understand the institution of private property or even what ownership means. Most people then and now confuse the thing owned with property and possessing title with ownership''.

Greaney