Complexity to Clarity:

How the Dissident Right Should Offer Simple Solutions for a Complex World

Over the past 3 years, the dissident right has been making incredible progress in dispelling the myths around the Enlightenment. Following the 2020 covid lockdowns, the average person finally senses that something might be wrong, but they can’t figure out what. As the competency crisis erupts, the technocratic elites make critical mistakes, and the cost of living skyrockets, average everyday people are finally questioning if what we have been told about liberalism is true. Does the average person realize that they are questioning the liberal order? No, of course not, but they instinctively know something is wrong. They have a feeling deep down that what we are doing is unsustainable.

Until now, the primary job of the dissident right has been exposing the liberal order for what it truly is. While this is still important, the dissident right must now begin to simultaneously outline a positive vision for the future to gain buy-in from elites and normies alike. Negative press always garners attention, however, it also leaves a bad taste in your mouth. Unfortunately, the dissident right has not traditionally been great at making simplified arguments for the masses because simply it didn’t need to until now. Why should you guys be in charge? What’s in it for me? We need simple answers to these questions in addition to a 2,500-word essay or a 3-hour podcast for the future ruling class. 

The left is extremely effective at turning a 3-word slogan into a political movement. Think of Black Lives Matter. You could spend hours debonking why systematic racism isn’t real, but the average normie got sold on the simple idea: Black lives matter? Of course they do! And they never thought about it again. The Right needs to use this knowledge for its own benefit. 

All of our arguments must be rooted in truth and should have both simple and complex answers. The average citizen doesn’t need the details, in fact, they need to be sold on our ideas, not convinced via the “free market of ideas”. It must also be done in a way that is simple, straightforward, and positive. Luckily, the arguments are indeed simple when you distill it down to the practical benefits for society. If we abandon neoliberalism the average person gets the following benefits:

• A safer society.

• You will be able to support a family on 1 income.

• A return of communities.

• Happier families.

• Lower divorce rates.

• A society where you can trust your neighbor.

• A unified country.

• You won’t need to be involved in politics. Most people can just focus on living their lives. 

• An economic system designed to keep housing and food more affordable.

While you can certainly make complex arguments about how the Enlightenment failed, how liberalism is a civilizational acid, or how culture was systematically destroyed in order to achieve global trade, most people don’t need that. They want a simple message, so give them the cliff notes, tell them what rules they need to play by, and nothing more.

Should we stop making complex arguments? Of course not, winning the elites of society requires competency and a deep understanding of the issues we face, however, restoring a high trust society does require a simple pitch for the masses that they need to believe which is something dissident right has not had to do traditionally.

"The masses are more impressed by the actual events and results than by speculation and argument."