Edward regularly votes for politicians that promise to do more to alleviate the crushing income inequality in his country. Even though he has enough material wealth to be comfortable, he sees many of his fellow citizens suffering under low wages. He would like his government to step in and regulate the amount of wealth each person has in order to force equality of both income and wealth so that everyone becomes equal. Because this is not a popular view, he understands that the government would have to cease to be democratic in order to enforce this, but he would be willing to sacrifice that to achieve equality. His ideology could be categorized as:
A)liberalism.
B)anarchism.
C)fascism.
D)communism.
E)fundamentalism.

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Edward's ideology is best categorized as communism because he believes in the abolition of private property and wants the government to enforce equality of both income and wealth. Additionally, he is willing to sacrifice democracy to achieve this goal, which aligns with communist ideology.

Edward Regularly Votes for Politicians That Promise to Do More