radical ideologies
Beliefs demanding upheaval
Radical ideologies are belief systems that advocate fundamental transformation of society, politics, or economics—often through dramatic or revolutionary means rather than gradual reform.
The term carries negative connotations, implying extremism or rejection of mainstream values: Young people are being drawn to radical ideologies online.
What counts as radical depends on perspective; today's radical position may become tomorrow's conventional wisdom.
- anarchismPhilosophy rejecting state authority
- socialismCommunal economic control
- communismCollective ownership system
- class struggleConflict between economic groups
- fascismUltranationalist dictatorial political system
political extremism · feminism · armed resistance · direct action · queer theory · transhumanism · accelerationism · abolitionism · primitivism · Marxism-Leninism · anti-racism · syndicalism · worker uprising · Maoism · Trotskyism · intersectionality · fist · march
radical ideologiescentrism
Middle-ground political stance
bipartisanship · third way · middle ground · conventional wisdom
radical ideologiesconservatism
Preference for existing institutions
traditionalism · incrementalism · gradualism · reformism · preservationism
radical ideologiespragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
realpolitik · technocracy · managerialism · empiricism · pluralism
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