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*[[File:PrusSoc.png]] [[Reactionarism|Oswald Spengler]] (1880-1936) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany

Corporatism has to some extent always existed, as its tendencies appear in many authoritarian-leaning states and systems that desire aspects of both a command and market economy. The ideology as a proper concept began with writings commissioned by Pope Leo XIII in 1881, attempting to resurrect the social and economic situation of "[[File:Guildsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism|guild based socialism]]." Corporatism was also created to some extent to avoid and suppress the [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism|Marxist]] concept of class conflict and replace it with class collaboration. Seeking for the state to mediate conflicts between individual firms, employees, and economic sectors (corporations) in order to maximize economic efficiency and social harmony. Corporatism has been popular in many [[File:React.png]] [[Reactionarism|Reactionary]] and non-Capitalistic right-wing circles, as it functions on a largely collective basis and attempts to stifle over-eager individualism and competitiveness. It was picked up by many former [[File:Synd.png]] [[Syndicalism|Syndicalists]] who moved on to the emerging [[File:Fash.png]] [[Fascism|Fascist]] movement, having a few things in common despite not wishing to abolish the class structure. It was adopted in practice in Fascist Italy and the Regency of Carnaro, in which economic sectors were given representative authority and state-guaranteed powers of negotiation and arbitration. Despite this strong association with fascism, there were also several [[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism|Social Liberals]] who advocated for corporatist economics known as Liberal Corporatism, which rejected traditional corporatism's anti-capitalism and authoritarianism, and was influenced by economist [[File:Mill.png]] [[Liberal Socialism|John Stuart Mill]]. This line of thinking was influential in the New Deal era of the United States, and is most prominent today in the [[File:Nordmodel.png]] [[Nordic Model]]. On a theoretical level, corporatism has also been influenced by the writings of Emile Durkheim and Ferdinand Tönnies on solidarity and community.