Definition of "welfarism" [welfarism]

• The set of policies, practices, and social attitudes associated with a welfare state. (noun)

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• "I think our welfarism is a disaster for one thing."
• "While Francione advanced a forceful critique of "welfarism" and took animal rights philosophy to a new level, he has nonetheless proved to be bereft of political vision and incapable of forging a genuine resistance movement that can evolve beyond the marginalized position currently embraced by less than one percent of the human population."
• "These policies, Francione argues, are incoherent and dilute the meaning of rights; "welfarism" in any form, he insists, works to the benefit of industries and thus increases, rather than decreases, the demand for animal-derived products; it only aggravates, rather than alleviates, speciesism and the plight of nonhuman animals in horrific systems of exploitation."