The Non-Conformists were influenced both by French socialism, in particular by Proudhonism (an important influence of "Ordre nouveau") and by Social Catholicism, which permeated "Esprit" and the "Jeune Droite". They inherited from both currents a form of scepticism towards politics, which explains some anti-statism stances, and renewed interest in social and economical transformations. Foreign influences were more restricted, and were limited to the discovery of the "precursors of existentialism" (Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Max Scheler) and contacts between "Ordre nouveau" and several members of the German Conservative Revolutionary movement. They were in favor of decentralization, underscored the importance of intermediary bodies, and opposed finance capitalism.