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Economic: Centrist
Governance: Authoritarian
Coords: X+0 · Y+3
Economic: Centrist
Governance: Authoritarian
Coords: X+0 · Y+3
Descriptor
Integralist
“Catholic social order, top-down.”
Exemplar ↓
§ 01
The Idea
What Integralist actually means.
Integralism advocates a tightly knit society bound by shared religious or national values, with a strong state guiding moral and social life. It prioritizes unity over personal freedom and maintains strict social order.
Brazilian Integralism, founded by Plínio Salgado in 1932, is a prime example of this ideology. Influenced by European fascism, it emphasized Christian (especially Catholic) morality, nationalism, and corporatist economic structures.
§ 02 · Tenets
Core commitments.
01
State should explicitly recognise true religion.
02
Common good supersedes individual autonomy.
03
Subsidiarity — but bounded by moral law.
04
Clerical guidance of public morality.
05
Rejection of liberal-pluralist neutrality.
§ 03 · Position
Where it sits on the grid.
Economic axis — X+0
CENTRIST
Full collectivisationUnfettered markets
Governance axis — Y+3
AUTHORITARIAN
Total controlNo state at all
§ 04 · Reading List
Canon & critics.
§ Canon
- Rerum NovarumPope Leo XIII1891 · Encyclical
- Quas PrimasPope Pius XI1925 · Encyclical
- By Man Shall His Blood Be ShedEdward Feser & Joseph Bessette2017 · ~430 pp
§ Critics
- Dignitatis HumanaeVatican II1965 · Declaration
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