# Dissident Right The **Dissident Right** is a loosely defined intellectual and political movement that emerged from the wreckage of the [[Alt-Right]] after its post-Charlottesville collapse, positioning itself as a more philosophically serious challenger to both liberal democracy and mainstream conservatism. Its intellectual roots draw heavily from [[Neoreaction]] and the [[Dark Enlightenment]], particularly [[Curtis Yarvin]]'s critique of democratic governance as inherently dysfunctional. Unlike the [[Alt-Right]]'s meme-driven populism, the Dissident Right emphasizes elite theory, civilizational decline narratives, and the rejection of egalitarianism as a foundational principle. Figures in its orbit range from academic reactionaries to racial nationalists, united primarily by their contempt for what they call "regime" conservatism. The movement has found institutional footholds through think tanks like the [[Claremont Institute]] and through the patronage networks of sympathetic tech elites like [[Peter Thiel]], blurring the line between fringe ideology and mainstream right-wing influence.