Longist
Huey Long's 'Share Our Wealth' program proposed capping personal fortunes and funding welfare through high taxes on the wealthy. As Louisiana's governor, Long centralized power, weakened local councils, and pressured the press. Argentina's Juan Perón followed similar policies, nationalizing industries and championing labor rights while suppressing opposition and manipulating media.
What it believes
Every man a king: cap the fortunes, share the wealth, and let a tribune of the people bulldoze the banks, the utilities, and the courts if that's what it takes to spread the surplus — populist redistribution with a strong hand.
The appeal
Where poverty sits beside plutocracy, a leader who taxes the top and paves the roads wins genuine, deserved loyalty — Long's Louisiana built schools and bridges the gentry never would have. It is redistribution with a pulse.
Where it breaks
The tribune's machine outlives the program: patronage becomes the currency, the legislature a rubber stamp, and succession a knife-fight. Share-the-wealth without institutions is one strongman away from mere caudillismo.
Among its neighbours
The Ba'athist above runs the strongman-redistribution formula with the elections removed. The Distributist beside it wants the same spread of wealth achieved through ownership rather than a boss. Below, the Democratic Socialist routes the program through parliaments that outlive their leaders.
Figures — real and imagined — who share the Longist base ideology. They differ only on the third axis: from radical to restorationist, each is a different face of a Longist.
The company you keep.
The social axis (progressive ↔ traditional) splits Longist into nine named shades. Take the quiz to find out which one is yours.
- Radical Longist
- Progressive Longist
- Reformist Longist
- Heterodox Longist
- Longist
- Rooted Longist
- Traditional Longist
- Reactionary Longist
- Restorationist Longist