Denunzianism

Denunzianism is a cultural, economic and political philosophy and ideology that seeks to promote an egalitarian order on the island of La Rossa. It has retrospectively been identified as a proto-Laborist movement. The name draws its roots back to the revolution of La Denunzia, which overthrew the island's aristocracy in 5 PC. Although it encompasses a range of beliefs, the movement generally seeks to restructure Rossan society in ways that favor an equitable distribution of wealth and produce an island without a class of elites. As such, the movement has mostly focused on clamping down on the power of the Six Families, the dynasties which had ruled the island for centuries. To this end, two major branches of the movement have emerged, with strong disagreement between them, although they have thus far remained aligned in the political and democratic sphere.

The first branch, Falconeism, refers to the ideas of Dux Giulio Falcone, the leader of the revolution of La Denunzia who was proclaimed Dux immediately thereafter. Establishing a state of dictatorship, Falcone would use his power to uninterruptedly attack the institutions of the Six Families in order to evenly distribute wealth across the island's society, drastically raising living standards across the island during the Silver Crisis, an economic depression created by the depletion of silver across the island, which had backed the island's currency, the argotto. Nationalizing industries, taking them from the Six Families into public ownership, Falcone would take a swift state-led and authoritarian approach towards solving the island's woes. Despite eventually falling to pressure and proclaiming free democratic elections across the island, Falcone's followers would take a cycnical approach towards democracy for as long as the Six Families remained powerful enough to influence it.

The second branch, DeGaioism, takes from Falcone's immediate successor, Ducissa Alessandra DeGaio, who had spearheaded the democratic reforms at the end of Falcone's reign. Despite sharing the same ultimate goals as the rest of the movement, she had favored a more liberal and market-based approach, taking care not to overstep the boundaries of necessity into oppressive rule. Placing democracy as a central tenet of Denunzianism, and a crucial tool in fighting all forms of elitism, she would largely come to impact the way Rossan politics were led in the decades afterwards. The election of Leo Minestrici di Mineria in 39 PC would be used as evidence by both branches of the failings of the other, one as having failed to prevent the return of the Six Families into power, and the other as having fostered a complacent elite that had to be democratically shaken in order to continue a fight for the people.

In the years following the Rossan Opening, the ideas of Denunzianism would largely become tied to isolationism, or an opposition to cooperation with the other islands of the Attu Archipelago. Antonio Morobaldi, an Advisor and politician, would form Isola, the first formalized political party on the island, based primarily on its opposition to Rossan conservatism and internationalism, oftentimes stating how the island's elite was the one who had most benefited from trade with other islands, which was not necessary for a nation that should be self-sufficient. Mostly taking inspirations from Falcone's form of rule, Morobaldi would promise a heavy-handed approach to a great number of issues that La Rossa experienced. However, he would suffer a surprising yet natural death before taking reign. His successor, Dux Giulio Moretti, would move away from such approaches, instead favoring Riorganizzazione, a set of measures to produce more competitive markets and expand the welfare state.