Radicalism

This page is about the historical movement known as 'radicalism', for the political radicalism in general see Radicalism (Disambiguation).

Radicalism (Rad) or Radical Liberalism (RadLib) was a historical set of movements within Classical Liberalism and represented the left-wing of the historical movement. Radical liberalism took principles behind liberalism and applied them to their conclusion (a.k.a. their 'root' or 'radix' and latin, therefore 'radicalism').

For example: A classical liberal might espouse that a democratic system of government and the right to vote should be given in turn a radical liberal would take such a statement to its conclusion that being that  women,  those without property, immigrants, etc., should all be given the right to vote. Radical liberals also supported positive rights where classical ones only advocated negative ones. Moreover, radical liberals were historically the early advocates of welfare states.

Radical liberal movements declined during the latter half of the 19th century as socialism became the dominant ideology of the left; some radicals became much more moderate and became social liberals and  liberal democrats, while others joined the socialists and became  liberal socialists and  reformist marxists. By modern standards 'radicalism' is not radical at all as the reforms made by radical liberals got accepted as the norm; in the modern day 'radical liberal' is mainly used as an insult.

History
Radical Liberalism first took roots in America following the war of independence, and was championed by founding father Thomas Paine. He called for many modern Social Liberal policies like a minimum wage and state pension as universal suffrage (including women voting, which wasn't included in the constitution). Radical Liberalism was also practice in pre-napoelonic France at the time, with similar policies.

Following the Napoleonic wars, radical liberalism would be the dominant ideology of non classical liberals in democracy. The British Whigs also had a left wing comprised of radicals and it could be said that Abraham Lincoln was one aswell as the former American whig party (replaced by lincoln's republicans) and the abolitionist movement at large.

The radical liberal movement and most of its policies became mainstream in the early twentieth century nd radlibs mostly dissolved into other progressive ideologies.

Doctrine
W.I.P.

Personality
Radicalism behaves like a 90's "cool kid" rebel that speaks with similar lingo and slang. Particularly he prides himself on being a radical rebel, saying that his ideas and policies are groundbreaking and revolutionary, when in reality they are really mild and moderate, as they have become the norm over the last century and a half.

How to Draw
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 * 1) Draw a ball
 * 2) Fill it with dark blue
 * 3) Draw a rose in yellow
 * 4) Draw the eyes and you're done!

Friends

 * [[File:Clib.png]] Classical Liberalism - My AWESOME father who taught to me the AWESOMENESS of liberalism and democracy.
 * [[File:Raddem.png]] Radical Democracy - Dude, Radical Democracy is the best! Like, everyone should have a voice.
 * [[File:welf.png]] Welfarism - Giving poor people free money? That sounds totally rad.
 * [[File:Libfem.png]] Liberal Feminism - Yeah, I'm such a radical liberal that I believe women should have the right to vote.
 * [[File:Soclib.png]] Social Liberalism - My direct successor. It seems that my ideas have become the mainstream in the future.
 * [[File:Liberalsoc.png]] Liberal Socialism - Yeah bro, combining liberalism with socialism is totally awesome.
 * [[File:Radcent.png]] Radical Centrism - People say that centrists are boring, but this guy right here is super duper cool.
 * [[File:Philan.png]] Philosophical Anarchism - Extremely radical friend that also supported the French Revolution.

Frenemies

 * [[File:Radape.png]] Radical Apoliticism - You sure are radical bro, but why you don't care about anything?
 * [[File:Radfem.png]] Radical Feminism - Wow girl! You really are radical, but that's too much, even for me.
 * [[File:Radenv.png]] Radical Environmentalism - Bro, liking animals is cool, but sending mail bombs isn't.
 * [[File:Jack.png]] Jacobinism - Okay dude, I love the equality, but do you think you could like, not be so murderie?
 * [[File:Ormarxf.png]] Marxism - Why, like, did you leave me for [[File:Soc.png]] him? I'm way COOLER, man!

Enemies

 * [[File:Anrad.png]] Anti-Radicalism - Dude, that's not cool, man!
 * [[File:Tradcon.png]] Classical Conservatism - Boring McDuck Face!
 * [[File:Conserv.png]] Conservatism - You are as uncool as your dad.
 * [[File:Whitesup.png]] White Nationalism - You claim to be in the Kool Kids Klub but dude, that's SO uncool!

Texts

 * Speeches of Right Honourable Charles James Fox by Charles James Fox

Wikipedia

 * Radicalism (historical)
 * Radical Whigs
 * Radicals (UK)
 * Italian Radical Party
 * Historical Far Left
 * Radical Party (France)
 * Foxite
 * Charles James Fox
 * Ministry of All the Talents
 * Transnational Radical Party