Radicalism

is like lightning-it never works the same way twice
and it rarely strikes in the same place a second time.

'Radicalism' is a adjective used in Politics,
to draw voters towards the idealism
in the policies of a particular party
amid the war-of-words that is a general election.

But mostly it prompts fond memories
in the public of different ages
of governments past,
where they were young enough
to embrace a high idealism
and too young to  know
what made their ideals work.