Futurism

Futurism (Known in Nordic as Futurisme) was a political Ideology that focused around the principles of Statism, nationalization of major industries and centralization of authority.

It was created by martian intelectuals during the first decade of the 1st Century P.T. as a response to the rising Foxite movement of Martian Syndicalism, led by Grand Marshall Otto Laake.

Ideology
Acording to Carlos Saavedra, considered the founder of Futurism, there were five basic aspects of futurism:
 * 1) Nationalization of Vital industries: Saavedra believed that the state should be in charge of provinding vital services such as healthcare and education, but also believed that the state should actively intervene in the economy to benefit the nation.
 * 2) Unitary Internal Organization: Futurism upheld the idea that for the nation to be able to progress and avoid internal conflict, the state should be centralized. Saavedra said many times that provincialism was responsible for much of the internal conflicts and civil wars of the solar peoples.
 * 3) Trade Unionism: Futurism borrows from Foxist ideology when it states that workers should organize in trade unions in order to fight against the greed of the oligarchs and buisness class. On top of this, some more extreme futurists believed that a true democracy could only exist in a corporativist system, where workers would elect representatives through trade unions.
 * 4) Progressive Social Ideology: Saavedra believed that futurism should follow the principles of liberalism and progressivism in social contexts, believeing in the separation of church and state and supporting minority rights.
 * 5) Isolationsim: Finally, Saavedra upheld an isolationist foreign policy, believing that interaction with alien races would inevitably lead to conflict because of the difference in cultures.

Early Futurist Movements
During the Haakon Reign in the Martian Republic, there existed an informal grouping of MP's in the Martian Parliament, mostly within the Progressive Party, that were reffered to as "The Futurists", and who were all inspired by Saavedra's rhetoric. During the Sol Imperium, these MP's joined forces with like-minded politicians in the Interregnum and began to exert influence across the leftist parties in the congress. The Laake Dictatorship saw the repression of the Futurists, however they were able to survive and supported the Quisling Coup.