Savamese Radicalism
Radicalism is a Savamese political ideology that support government-led economic and social intervention to promote social justice, utilitarianism, and egalitarianism within a capitalistic system. The ultimate aim of Radicalism is the implementation of the true respopulus; as such, Radicals have consistently supported the broadening of the liberal enlightened respublic.
Radicalism originated in the mid-1800s as resentment grew about the growing inequalities that came with rapid industrialisation. Secular and religious thinkers worried about the implications to social balance and spiritual collective health, proposing that liberal laissez-faire was dangerous and had to be fixed by an utilitarian-minded and pro-active imperial government. Spearheading these radical concepts were figures such as Firmin Mazarelle, Gloire Mésange, Laurette d'Hesmel, and Prosper de Helbeau, who was the grandson of Agnès de Helbeau, probably the second-most pre-eminent late 18th Century liberal thinker after Disault.
Radicalism came to the forefront of Savamese politics during the Labarrist Age (1894-1914), when Viceroy Valentin d'Hoste-Labarre acted as a catalyst for the populist appeal of radical ideas, permitting the formation of the first radical majorities in the imperial parliament; d'Hoste-Labarre influenced Radicalism in reinforcing its {{wp|Statism|statist]] and dirigist aspects. Present-day Radicalism descends from the immediate post-Long War years, in which several new schools of thought become dominant, promoting further liberalisation of the society and progressive gender roles.
Modern radical policies include support for a strong centralised government, federalism (or federacy) over confederalism, the broadening of the electorate, support for organised labour and the welfare state, the implementation of progressive social policies, support for interordinate free trade, the fair taxation of corporate entities, and state capitalism over private sector affermage.