The consequences of relying on radicalism and extremism, rather than on gradual liberal social change, are shown in the later chapters of the novel: destruction, murder, and imprisonment. The extremism displayed by Peter, Stavrogin, and the other characters in their "group of five" are eventually their downfall. Dostoevsky contrasts the more romantic, idealistic "Men of the Forties" (Stepan) with the younger socialist revolutionaries (Peter), who seek to destroy the existing social order. One of the major overriding themes of Dostoevsky's Demons is radicalism, which swept Russia in the latter part of the 19th century.
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