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Because of these inequalities across League space, a movement known as equalism has existed for as long as the trade policies enforced by the League have been around. The equalist movement is not directly equivalent to the socialist movements of Earth, though many sympathies in that direction have been expressed by its many leaders and members, such as the Elysians who have long dealt with endemic poverty and corruption on their home planet. The movement itself promotes the equalization of economic trade and opportunities between worlds and systems by removing the restrictive trade acts enforced by the League. Naturally, Ix, Brass, Elysia, Skuria, and others are havens for equalism, and have long presented long-term political challenges to the state. Several of the political parties within the League have taken on the cause of equalism both as a means of reducing poverty and gaining political influence at the federal level, leading to an overabundance of competing interests as worlds and populations which may agree on trade policy ultimately compete on a myriad of issues unrelated to the cause of equalism.
On a security level, equalists have present a direct challenge to the state by attempting to push for economic equality under the law via armed insurgence. Hundreds of armed equalist organizations with and without access to interstellar transportation have taken to the mission of combatting the League for the opportunity to see life on their homeworlds improved by any means. The largest such organization, the Radical Equalist Alliance, was established with this intent in mind by presenting such a threat to the federal government it would be forced to change tact and answer their demands. Likewise, it seeks to appeal to the wider public by exposing the deep levels of corruption within the League and the billions of credits spent by the wealthiest planets in the union to maintain their economic stranglehold over the rest of the League. However, in spite of their noble intentions, many of these insurgent groups have turned to terrorism to pursue their aims, and have attacked innocents of all income levels, races, and homeworlds, and have only given the federal government the excuse it needs to crack down on them across its holdings. In the last poll conducted on the subject, approximately 23% of the population across the League said they supported the equalist cause, while another 54% said the supported the government's efforts to crack down on equalist movements.
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