Dissident Right

politics

The Dissident Right is a political alliance composed of various right wing ideologies. While the individual views and opinions of the Dissident Right vary, the general connecting thread is an opposition to SocJus, the current world order, and liberalism.^A)

I’m borrowing the term from Basic Logic, though I think I’m using it slightly differently.^B)

The Dissident Right was originally just a fringe movement, possibly starting in the 1990s, but has since expanded. While I wouldn’t say it’s ‘mainstream’ or even popular among the majority, it’s definitely dominant among the right’s ‘elites’.^C)

I would make the argument that the Dissident Right is forming into a distinct ideology with its own boundaries. The current trajectory suggests that Christian Nationalism and Monarchism (or regular Authoritarianism) will become the dominant currents of thought.

Outsiders confuse this for fascism, but that’s a distinct ideology that is quite different from what most on the Dissident Right actually want. Though they might start calling themselves fascists anyway, seeing as the term has been diluted to the point it’s hard to know what it really refers to.

^A) Here referring to Western Liberalism, as opposed to the generic buzzword for someone who isn’t conservative.

^B) Basic Logic seems to use it to refer to a particular blend of people, while I’m using it more broadly.

^C) Further elaboration is required. By ‘elite’ I’m referring to the ‘intellectuals’ of the right-wing, rather than the people who represent the movement publicly. IE, you shouldn’t think of Tucker Carlson, but rather that one guy on Twitter who talks about it.