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 Membership was drawn from the urban poor, ethnic [[polemos:4th_age:factions:saniori|Saniori]], bureaucrats, rural estate laborers, and intellectuals.
 Whites were more varied in their specific aims than Blues, but often saw societal problems as intentional and systematic, and were more often in favor of sudden and radical cultural changes.
-This often put them at odds with more traditional institutions such as the temples.
+This put them at odds with more traditional institutions such as the temples, but would often see the Whites act as the voice of populism and cults of personality.
-To circumvent traditional power bases, Whites would sometimes form urban //enclaves//, where educated individuals would rule over hyper-collectivized areas with parallel legal structures, which sought to act as experimental forms of social order free from colonial culture and religious norms.
+More so than Blues, Whites often disagreed on methods and ultimate goals, with moderates favoring popular movements for incremental reforms and radicals indulging in violent insurrection.
+To circumvent traditional power bases, Whites would sometimes form urban //enclaves//, where educated individuals would rule over hyper-collectivized areas with parallel legal structures, and acted as an experimental social order free from traditional colonial culture and religious norms.
 ===== Common Positions =====
-|Domestic Government Form  |Favored disbanding annual colonial assembly, preferring direct rule by parent polis or incorporation into the mainland republic.  |
+|Domestic Government Form  |Favored disbanding annual colonial assembly, preferring direct rule by parent polis or incorporation into the mainland republic.\\ Radical wing in favor of 'democratic dictatorship'.  |
 |Mainland Relations  |Pro-integration. |
 |Slavery  |Anti-slavery.\\ Radical wing in favor of violent dissolution of the estates.  |
-|Barbarians  |Moderate wing in favor of conquest and forced re-location to further frontiers.\\ Radical wing favored mass de-tribalization and reorganization into enclaves.  |
+|Barbarians  |Moderate wing and base in favor of conquest and forced re-location to further frontiers.\\ Radical wing favored mass de-tribalization and reorganization into enclaves.  |
 |Legal System  |Pro-enclave with absolute collective law-making.\\ Favored innovating legal re-interpretation, including sub-charters.  |
+|Ideal Land Use  |Large sub-chartered polis cities, with large polis-owned rural estates and industrial resource sites.  |
 ==== Historical Positions ====
 Whites were especially concerned with the [[polemos:4th_age:characters:ceryn_kaile|Sovereign Kaile's]] crack-down on enclaves and universities, and the subsequent imposition of near martial law in [[polemos:4th_age:locations:genopolis|Genopolis]].