Labourism
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| The hammer, hoe and ear of wheat are common symbolic tropes in Labourist parties and movements. |
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Labourism is a social movement and political system centered around the unionization of workers, characterized by a proletarian ownership of the means of production. Its most mainstream currents are centered around the theories of Vesto-Guibard philosopher Charles Willem (698-774 S.C.), whose critiques of bourgeoisie capitalism would become central to Labourist movements onward. While many of his theories regarding resource allocation and distribution were rendered obsolete by the advent of space colonization and contemporary interplanetary economics, many movements derivative of his ideas still exist today and various portions of Willemite thought remain relevant in some manner. Ideologies such as Avantgardism, LeBlancism and Prostasism are regarded as descendants of, or at the very least influenced by, Willemite Labourism.
In regards to its existence within the present zeitgeist of space colonization in the Solar System, many attribute its continued persistence to its essential tenets of reorienting power from established upper classes to the working proletariat. Many space colonies function by the way of national or megacorporate sponsorship, with varying levels of regard for the colonial communities that they consist of. With most colonies having the objective of some sort of resource extraction or refinement prior to export to Plateia, these colonial communities often undergo hardships from logistical difficulties or quotas that they need to reach, putting pressure on the cultivated lower class and allowing for the promulgation of labourism. This is further bolstered in the public consciousness through the weakening of union powers on the colonies, where public or private companies utilize their significant level of logistical power over the population to get their demands met.