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{{Ideology
|title=[[File:Contrarianism-Icon.png]] Contrarianism [[File:No.png]]
|title=[[File:Contrarianism-Icon.png]] Contrarianism
|image=Contrarianism.png
|image=Contrarianism-Aycee Lovelace-Portrait.png
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>Barges into any discussion<br>
>Barges into any discussion<br>
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>Leaves
>Leaves
|aliases=
|aliases=
ContraryBall<br>
Dissidentism<br>
Literally the opposition<br>
Critical Criticism<br>
Critical Criticism<br>
Ruthless criticism of all that exists (by [[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]])<br>
Countercultureism<br>
Enlightened Free Thinker (by themselves)<br>
Proto-Anti-Centrism<br>
Anti-Status Quoism
{{Alias|Ormarxf.png|Marxism|Ruthless criticism of all that exists}}<br>
Enlightened Freethinker (by themselves)<br>
Anti-Echo Chamber (debatably)<br>
Anti-Status Quo Aktion<br>
Renegadeism<br>
Current Thing Opposer<br>
Anti-Establismentism<br>
Literal Edgelord<br>
<s>Literal Turncoat</s><br>
[[File:Twittard.png]] Twitter Free Thinker <br>
[[File:ED.png]] Encyclopedia Dramatica Model<br>
Main Character Syndrome (kinda){{Refn|''"Everyone's an NPC except me"'' and similar monologues.|group=Note}}
|alignments=
|alignments=
[[File:Nonquadrant.png]] [[:Category:Non-Quadrant|Non-Quadrant]]
[[File:Nonquadrant.png]] [[:Category:Non-Quadrant|Non-Quadrant]]<br>
|variants =
*[[File:ED.png]] '''Encyclopedia Dramatica Model''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:4chan.png]] [[Alt-Right#4chan Model|4chan Model]]
**[[File:Merit.png]] [[Meritocracy]]
**[[File:Nihil.png]] [[mh:philosophyball:Nihilism|Nihilism]] (self-proclaim)<ref>[https://encyclopediadramatica.online/Nihilism "Nihilism"], Encyclopedia Dramatica.</ref><br>
**[[File:Oligarchy.png]] [[Oligarchy]]
**[[File:Honk.png]] [[Satirism]]
*[[File:Masteroogway.png]] '''Masteroogway Thought'''
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**[[File:Honk.png]] [[Satirism]]
**[[File:DarkHumor.png]] [[Satirism|Dark Humor]]
**[[File:Blacknat.png]] [[Satirism|Manlikeisaac Thought]]
**[[File:GloboJuche.png]] [[Juche]]
**[[File:Antizion.png]] Anti-Zionism
**[[File:Cball-Palestine.png]] [[Nationalism|Pro-Palestine]]
**[[File:Illeg.png]] [[Illegalism]]
**[[File:Nazi.png]] [[Nazism]] (Satirically)
**[[File:Kak.png]] [[Kakistocracy]]
**[[File:Transphobia.png]] Transphobia
}}
|influences=
|influences=
[[File:Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism]] <br>
''Opposition to the status quo as a whole''
Opposition to the status quo as a whole
|influenced=
|influenced=
[[File:Pol.png]] [[Alt-Right#/pol/ism|/pol/ism]]<br>
[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] <br>
[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] <br>
[[File:Altr.png]] [[Alt-Right]] <br>
[[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism]] <br>
[[File:Antcent.png]] [[Anti-Centrism]] <br>
[[File:Antcent.png]] [[Anti-Centrism]] <br>
[[File:Antcomp.png]] [[Anti-Realism]] <br>
[[File:Antcomp.png]] [[Anti-Realism]] <br>
[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]]
[[File:BritFash.png]] [[British Fascism]] <br>
|song=[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8 Everything You Know Is Wrong]<br>
[[File:AnEn.png]] [[Climate Skepticism]] <br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTqd582K7k Uno Reverse Card]
[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism]] <br>
[[File:Euras.png]] [[Fourth Theory]] <br>
[[File:Hippie.png]] [[Progressivism|Hippieism]] <br>
[[File:Transphobia.png]] [[Alt-Lite#Kiwi Farms Model|Kiwi Farms Model]]<br>
[[File:Korwinism-Pikselart.png]] [[Korwinism]] <br>
[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] <br>
[[File:PCM.png]] [[Kakistocracy|PCMism]] <br>
[[File:Pop.png]] [[Populism]] (some) <br>
[[File:React.png]] [[Reactionaryism]] <br>
[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] <br>
[[File:USLibertarians.png]] [[Libertarianism|US Libertarian Party]] <br>
|song=
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KThlYHfIVa8 Everything You Know Is Wrong]<br>
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqTqd582K7k Uno Reverse Card]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kF7lG2rfk0 Akira Yamaoka - Wrong Is Right]<br>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYL5H46QnQ The Lonely Island - Threw It On The Ground]
|theorists=
*[[File:Cball-EU.png]] '''Europe''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Karl_Marx.png]] [[Marxism|Karl Marx]] (1818-1883) [[File:Cball-Germany.png]] Germany
**[[File:Lev Davidovich Bronstein.png]] [[Trotskyism|Leon Trotsky]] (1879-1940) [[File:Cball-Ukraine.png]] Ukraine
**[[File:SSS.png]] [[National Bolshevism|Sven Olov Lindholm]] (1903-1998) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:Korwinism-Pikselart.png]] [[Korwinism|Janusz Korwin-Mikke]] (1942-) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland
**[[File:Zhirinovsky.png]] [[Ultranationalism|Vladimir Zhirinovsky]] (1946-2022) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
**[[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] [[Fourth Theory|Israel Shamir]] (1947-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia/[[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:Fivestaricon.png]] [[Populism|Beppe Grillo]] (1948-) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy
**[[File:Žižekism.png]] [[Neo-Marxism|Slavoj Žižek]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-Slovenia.png]] Slovenia
**[[File:Dugin.png]] [[Fourth Theory|Aleksandr Dugin]] (1962-) [[File:Cball-Russia.png]] Russia
**[[File:Cejrowski.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Wojciech Cejrowski]] (1964-) [[File:Cball-Poland.png]] Poland
**[[File:NorCap.png]] [[Nordic Model|Jan Emanuel]] (1974-) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:Wjuche.png]] [[Juche|Alejandro Cao de Benós]] (1974-) [[File:Cball-Spain.png]] Spain
**[[File:Libcon.png]] [[Libertarian Conservatism|Henrik Jönsson]] (1975-) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:DiegoFusaro.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Diego Fusaro]] (1983-) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy
**[[File:ModPartyicon.png]] [[Neo-Libertarianism|Hanif Bali]] (1987-) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:SwedenDem.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism|Rebecka Fallenkvist]] (1996-) [[File:Cball-Sweden.png]] Sweden
**[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Matteo Brandi]] (?-) [[File:Cball-Italy.png]] Italy
}}
*[[File:Cball-Commonwealth.png]] '''Commonwealth'''{{Collapse|
**[[File:NatDarw.png]] [[Kraterocracy|Ragnar Redbeard]] (1859-1929) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:OswaldMosley.png]] [[British Fascism|Oswald Mosley]] (1896-1980) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:Nazcap-Hat.png]] [[National Capitalism|Bernie Ecclestone]] (1930-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:Anti-Semitic.png]] [[British Fascism|David Irving]] (1938-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:Corbynism-ball.png]] [[Eco-Socialism|Jeremy Corbyn]] (1949-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:George.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|George Galloway]] (1954-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:YellowTory.png]] [[Mediacracy|Jeremy]] [[Libertarian Conservatism|Clarkson]] (1960-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:Watson.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Paul Joseph Watson]] (1982-) [[File:Cball-UK.png]] UK
**[[File:Antiwest.png]] [[Alter-Globalism|John Pilger]] (1939-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
**[[File:Susli.png]] [[Saadehism|Maram Susli]] (1987-) [[File:Cball-Syria.png]] Syria/[[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
**[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Sydney Watson]] (1993-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
**[[File:Antiwest.png]] [[Fourth Theory|Caitlin Johnstone]] (?-) [[File:Cball-Australia.png]] Australia
**[[File:Bernier.png]] [[National Libertarianism|Maxime Bernier]] (1963-) [[File:Cball-Canada.png]] Canada
}}
*[[File:PanAsian.png]] '''Asia''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:NeoShowa.png]] [[Showa Statism|Shintaro Ishihara]] (1932-2022) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:Falun Gong Theo.png]] [[Cultism#Falun Gong|Li Hongzhi]] (1951-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] China
**[[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism|Tadashi Koshimizu]] (1955-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:Zehut.png]] [[National Libertarianism|Moshe Feiglin]] (1962-) [[File:Zio.png]] Israel
**[[File:ChineseNewLeft.png]] [[Maoism|Kong Qingdong]] (1964-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] China
**[[File:LDP(Japan).png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism|Tsukasa Shirakawa]] (1965-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:Nichikai.png]] [[Alt-Right|Ryoji Kutsuzawa]] (1967-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:JapanFirst.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism|Makoto Sakurai]] (1972-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:LiuZhongjing.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Liu Zhongjing]] (1974-) [[File:Cball-China.png]] China
**[[File:NeoShowa.png]] [[National Capitalism|Kotoe Hashimoto]] (1988-) [[File:Cball-Japan.png]] Japan
**[[File:RT.png]] [[Fourth Theory|Sameera Khan]] (1991-) [[File:Cball-Pakistan.png]] Pakistan/[[File:Cball-US.png]] USA
**[[File:Antiwest.png]] [[Dengism|Maitreya Bhakal]] (?- [[File:Cball-India.png]] India
**[[File:Amos Yee.png]] [[Kakistocracy|Amos Yee]] (1998-) [[File:Cball-Singapore.png]] Singapore
}}
*[[File:Cball-US.png]] '''USA''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Mach.png]] [[Machiavellianism|George F. Kennan]] (1904-2005) (After 1948){{Refn|Kennan was a "Neocon" with anti-democratic views who opposed military interventions and the arms race and wanted to defeat communism through diplomacy with the Soviet Union and other AES regimes.|group=Note}}
**[[File:Chomsky.png]] [[Libertarian Socialism|Noam Chomsky]] (1928-)
**[[File:RonPaul.png]] [[Libertarian Conservatism|Ron Paul]] (1935-)
**[[File:SteveBannon.png]] [[Alt-Lite|Steve Bannon]] (1953-)
**[[File:JimmyDore.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Jimmy Dore]] (1965-)
**[[File:Antiwest.png]] [[Mediacracy|Glenn Greenwald]] (1967-)
**[[File:TuckerCarlson.png]] [[Paleoconservatism|Tucker Carlson]] (1969-)
**[[File:TreyParker.png]] [[Satirism#South Park Republicanism|Trey Parker]] (1969-)
**[[File:MattStone.png]] [[Satirism#South Park Republicanism|Matt Stone]] (1971-)
**[[File:ElonMusk.png]] [[Capitalist Transhumanism|Elon Musk]] (1971-)
**[[File:Curtis_Yarvin.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism|Curtis Yarvin]] (1973-)
**[[File:Kanye.png]] [[Christian Democracy|Kanye West]] (1977-)
**[[File:Grayzone.png]] [[Fourth Theory|Max Blumenthal]] (1977-)
**[[File:Spencer.png]] [[Alt-Right|Richard B. Spencer]] (1978-)
**[[File:Gabbard.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism|Tulsi Gabbard]] (1981-)
**[[File:RT.png]] [[Dengism|Abby Martin]] (1984-)
**[[File:Falun Gong Theo.png]] [[Cultism#Falun Gong|Chris Chappel]] (?-)
**[[File:Fuente.png]] [[Clerical Fascism|Nick Fuentes]] (1998-)
**[[File:Grayzone.png]] [[Socialism of the 21st Century|Ben Norton]] (?-)
**[[File:ComradeTrump.png]] [[Conservative Socialism|Haz al-Din]] (?-)
}}
*[[File:PanAmer.png]] '''Latin America''' {{Collapse|
**[[File:Mlmg.png]] [[Marxism-Leninism-Maoism|Abimael Guzmán]] (1934-2021) [[File:Cball-Peru.png]] Peru
**[[File:Olavo.png]] [[Reactionaryism|Olavo de Carvalho]] (1947-2022) [[File:Cball-Brazil.png]] Brazil
**[[File:Matador.png]] [[Satirism|Julio César "Matador" González]] (1969-) [[File:Cball-Colombia.png]] Colombia
}}
|likes=
|likes=
Complaining<br>
Arguing with others<br>
Revolution<br>
Conspiracy theories<br>
Conspiracy theories<br>
Losing elections<br>
Alternative media<br>
Alternative media
The Oppossition<br>
|dislikes=  
|dislikes=  
Other people's opinion <br>
Other people's opinion <br>
Democracy<br>
Democracy<br>
Mainstream media
Mainstream media<br>
}}
Objective facts (unless they confirm their views)<br>
'''Contrarianism''' is an economically, culturally, and socially variable ideology whose only defining feature is opposing any currently prevailing political ideologies and their respective policies. An offshoot of [[File:Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism|Apoliticism]], Contrarianism does not have any distinct policies of its own, sometimes taking an opposite stance to the powers that be, but often providing no alternative at all, merely leveling criticism without offering any substitute.
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'''Contrarianism''' is an economically, culturally, and socially variable ideology whose only defining feature is opposing any currently prevailing political ideologies and their respective policies. Contrarianism does not have any distinct policies of its own, sometimes taking an opposite stance to the powers that be, but often providing no alternative at all, merely leveling criticism without offering any substitute.


In practice, Contrarianism really only works at all when holding an existing government to account, typically proving unelectable. It is a prime example of an ideology that makes for a much better opposition than it does an incumbent.
In practice, Contrarianism really only works at all when holding an existing government to account, typically proving unelectable. It is a prime example of an ideology that makes for a much better opposition than it does an incumbent.


== Beliefs ==
==Beliefs==
Contrarianism believes solely in berating and lamenting existing political norms, whatever they may be. Whilst this often sees it occupy left-wing or progressive territory, there are no fixed Contrarian ideals, and under a left-leaning regime, Contrarianism could also function as a vehicle for reactionary, right-wing thought.
Contrarianism believes solely in berating and lamenting existing political norms, whatever they may be. Whilst this often sees it occupy left-wing or progressive territory, there are no fixed Contrarian ideals, and under a left-leaning regime, Contrarianism could also function as a vehicle for reactionary right-wing thought.
==Variants==
===[[File:ED.png]] Encyclopedia Dramatica Model===
The '''Encyclopedia Dramatica Model''' represents the ideology of Encyclopedia Dramatica, a general contrarian, satirical online community centered around a wiki that acts as a "troll archive". Its primary purpose is to write satirical articles about internet phenomena in the most vulgar and lulzy way possible. Anything is mockable from left to right, so long as the article strives for "lulz", then it is acceptable. The culture bears familiarity with early internet culture, especially that relating to [[File:4chan.png]] 4chan.


== Personality ==
==Personality==
WIP
Whether anyone else says an opinion or even an objective fact, Contrarianism goes out of the way to say the opposite, no matter how absurd or illogical it is.


== How to draw ==
Basically, the person who hates on <insert popular thing here> because everyone is talking about it, usually without even digging into why it's popular. They just hate it because they think it will make them a much cooler person.
{{Flag|Contrarianism_Flag.svg}}
 
#Draw a ball,
==How to draw==
#Fill it with four quadrants
 
##The blue quadrant on the bottom left
 
##The red quadrant on the bottom right
# Draw a ball,
##The green quadrant on the top right
#Fill it with white
##The yellow quadrant on the top left
#Add four diagonal arrows in the corners pointing toward the center
#Fill the top-left and bottom-right arrows with red
#Fill the top-right and bottom-left arrows with blue
# Add gray borders around the arrows
#Add the eyes, and you're done!
#Add the eyes, and you're done!
{{flag-auto
{{flag-auto
|c1 = Blue|h1 = #96d4fa
|c1 = White|h1 = #FFFFFF
|c2 = Red|h2 = #fabcbc
|c2 = Blue|h2 = #96d4fa
|c3 = Green|h3 = #c8fabc
|c3 = Red|h3 = #fabcbc
|c4 = Yellow|h4 = #fafaaf
|c4 = Grey|h4 = #858585
}}
}}


== Relationships ==
==Relationships==
 
===Critical Thinkers===
=== Critical Thinkers ===
*[[File:Antcent.png]] [[Anti-Centrism]] - Burn the fence down.
 
*[[File:Antcomp.png]] [[Anti-Realism]] - And prevent the fence from being rebuilt.
*[[File:Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism]] - Daddy taught me well. Politics is hopeless. Although I do find complaining a lot more fun than grilling.
*[[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism]] - You're probably never going to be the dominant ideology within society, so I can sleep well knowing we're probably going to be friends forever.
*[[File:Antcent.png]] [[Anti-Centrism]] - Challenge those political norms, am I right? But if you ever succeed, I will complain about you a lot as well.
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - Ruthless criticism of society, you say? Pretty based. Plus you're also probably not going to become the status quo anytime soon.
*[[File:Antcomp.png]] [[Anti-Realism]] - Just like the above but more ''interesting'', so to say.
*[[File:Trot.png]] [[Trotskyism]] - Permanent revolution is based af.
*[[File:Awaj.png]] [[Anarchism]] - You're probably never going to be the dominant ideology within society, so I can sleep well knowing we are probably friends forever.
*[[File:Ormarxf.png]] [[Marxism]] - Ruthless criticism of society, you say? Pretty based. Plus you're probably not going to become the status quo, just like the above.
*[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] & [[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism]] - Opposition to mainstream politics from the right? Also based. But again, if you succeed I will complain about you too.
*[[File:Altl.png]] [[Alt-Lite]] & [[File:Libertarian.png]] [[Libertarianism]] - Opposition to mainstream politics from the right? Also based. But again, if you succeed I will complain about you too.
* [[File:Accel.png]] [[Accelerationism]] - Hell yeah, destroy every political norm, baby!
*[[File:Altr.png]] [[Alt-Right]] - Like the above even but less mainstream <s>and more racist</s>.
*[[File:AltBert.png]] [[National Libertarianism|Alt-Right Libertarianism]] - A fusion of alt-right and libertarianism is a great idea because it is '''EVEN''' less mainstream.
*[[File:Insarch.png]] [[Insurrectionary Anarchism]] - Hell yeah, destroy every political norm, baby!
*[[File:Anego.png]] [[Anarcho-Egoism]] - Screw everyone else!
*[[File:Pop.png]] [[Populism]] - Anything the elite supports is automatically cringe.
*[[File:Annil.png]] [[Anarcho-Nihilism]] - Negation of every political system? Based!
*[[File:Nazbol.png]] [[National Bolshevism]], [[File:Reactsoc.png]] [[Reactionary Socialism]], [[File:Strasser.png]] [[Strasserism]] & [[File:Euras.png]] [[Fourth Theory]] - THE most anti-mainstream ideologies of our time.
*[[File:AnEn.png]] [[Climate Skepticism]] - What global warming? It's cold outside!


=== Frenemies ===
===Frenemies===
*[[File:Ultraprogressivism.png]] [[Revolutionary Progressivism]] - I like how you make things change, but if the government gets too progressive, I will have to become a reactionary, and then we can't be friends.
*[[File:React.png]] [[Reactionaryism]] - I like how you make things go back to a golden age. But if the government gets too reactionary, I will have to become a progressive, and then you can't come to my birthday party.
*[[File:Nrx.png]] [[Neoreactionaryism]] - Geek son of above.
*[[File:Reactlib.png]] [[Reactionary Liberalism]] - And also his moderate son who's mildly more pro-status quo.
*[[File:Radape.png]] [[Radical Apoliticism]] - We both think that the status quo sucks, but we don't need to kill all ideologies.
*[[File:Radcent.png]] [[Radical Centrism]] - Yes, every side can be wrong... Wait, why are you embracing certain status quo ideas?! Stop that!
*[[File:Plcn2.png]] [[Paleoconservatism]] & [[File:Tradcon.png]] [[Classical Conservatism]] - The past was better than the present (still opposed it).
*[[File:Progconf.png]] [[Progressive Conservatism]] - What? Make up your mind already!
*[[File:Soul.png]] [[Soulism]] - You hate current reality with the status quo, and you just... escape from it by shifting to your personal utopia? Why you are such a defeatist?
*[[File:Mansphere.png]] [[Manosphere]] - Go against feminism? Depends on which country we're talking about. If the country we're talking about is pro-feminist, I'm with you, but if it's anti-feminist, I'm not.
*[[File:StateathFedora.png]] [[State Atheism]] - We usually get along except when he succeeded which fortunately is not very common.
*[[File:Lpop.png]] [[Left-Wing Populism]] & [[File:Rpop.png]] [[Right-Wing Populism]] - Good opposition, but unfortunately you have become the establishment in some countries; but at least they usually still oppose the supranational entities that conform the current thing.
*[[File:WelfChauvin.png]] [[Welfare Chauvinism]] - Synthesis of the two above but you also have your moments of being part of the current thing.
*[[File:Patcon.png]] [[Paternalistic Conservatism]], [[File:Leftnat.png]] [[Left-Wing Nationalism]], [[File:Natcom.png]] [[National Communism]], and [[File:Consocf.png]] [[Conservative Socialism]] - Also the opposite of the global status quo, but are or have been the local one.


*[[File:Prog.png]] [[Progressivism]] - I like how you make things change, but if the government gets too progressive, I will have to become a reactionary, and then we can't be friends.
===St*tus Quo===
*[[File:React.png]] [[Reactionarism]] - I like how you make things go back to a golden age. But if the government gets too reactionary, I will have to become a progressive, and then you can't come to my birthday party.
*[[File:Conservative.png]] [[Conservatism]] - Keeping things the same is the worst. I would rather have a disastrous change. All revolutions are good.  
*[[File:Radape.png]] [[Radical Apoliticism]] - We both think that politics sucks, but taking a side isn't entirely a bad thing...
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]], [[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] & [[File:3way.png]] [[Third Way]] - F*ck the status quo.
 
*[[File:Socdem.png]] [[Social Democracy]] & [[File:Soclib.png]] [[Social Liberalism]] - Close to status quo bootlickers.
=== St*tus Quo ===
 
*[[File:Conservative.png]] [[Conservatism]] - Keeping things the same is the worst. I would rather have a disastrous change. All revolutions are good.
*[[File:Neoliberal-icon.png]] [[Neoliberalism]] & [[File:Necon.png]] [[Neoconservatism]] - F**k the status quo.
*[[File:Reform.png]] [[Reformism]] - Modify the status quo, technically is still the status quo.
*[[File:Reform.png]] [[Reformism]] - Modify the status quo, technically is still the status quo.
*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - I'm so bored of you.
*[[File:Lib.png]] [[Liberalism]] - I'm so bored of you.
*[[File:Liberalconservative.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]] - Worst of two worlds.
*[[File:Liberalconservative.png]] [[Liberal Conservatism]] & [[File:Conlib.png]] [[Conservative Liberalism]] - The worst of both worlds.
*[[File:Pinkcap.png]] [[Pink Capitalism]] - The aesthetics of the status quo.
*[[File:Radlib.png]] [[Radicalism]] - You were so cool but no longer are. What a shame.
*[[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy]] - Stupid popularity contest.
*[[File:Dem.png]] [[Democracy]] - Stupid popularity contest.
*[[File:Ochlo.png]] [[Ochlocracy]] - A more violent and even more stupid popularity contest.
*[[File:Apolit.png]] [[Apoliticism]] - Complaining is more fun that grilling. Heck, I could even complain about grilling.


==Further Information==
==Gallery==
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===Portriats===
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====Alternative designs====
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Contrarianism.png|Old design
Contrarianism_Flag.svg|Old flag design
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===Comics and Artwork===
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Contrarianism Introduction.png|Credit: u/Daarekistelemmet, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/t19cef/contest_iits_not_like_i_agree_or_anything_baka/ Source]
Contrarianism Introduction.png|Credit: u/Daarekistelemmet, [https://www.reddit.com/r/Polcompball/comments/t19cef/contest_iits_not_like_i_agree_or_anything_baka/ Source]
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==Further Information==
*[[w:Ad hominem|Ad hominem]]
*[[w:Post-truth|Post-truth]]
**[[w:Post-truth politics|Post-truth politics]]
*[[w:Truthiness|Truthiness]]
*[[w:Whataboutism|Whataboutism]]
 
===Notes===
{{Reflist|group=Note}}
 
===References===
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Latest revision as of 20:45, 10 October 2024

Contrarianism is an economically, culturally, and socially variable ideology whose only defining feature is opposing any currently prevailing political ideologies and their respective policies. Contrarianism does not have any distinct policies of its own, sometimes taking an opposite stance to the powers that be, but often providing no alternative at all, merely leveling criticism without offering any substitute.

In practice, Contrarianism really only works at all when holding an existing government to account, typically proving unelectable. It is a prime example of an ideology that makes for a much better opposition than it does an incumbent.

Beliefs

Contrarianism believes solely in berating and lamenting existing political norms, whatever they may be. Whilst this often sees it occupy left-wing or progressive territory, there are no fixed Contrarian ideals, and under a left-leaning regime, Contrarianism could also function as a vehicle for reactionary right-wing thought.

Variants

Encyclopedia Dramatica Model

The Encyclopedia Dramatica Model represents the ideology of Encyclopedia Dramatica, a general contrarian, satirical online community centered around a wiki that acts as a "troll archive". Its primary purpose is to write satirical articles about internet phenomena in the most vulgar and lulzy way possible. Anything is mockable from left to right, so long as the article strives for "lulz", then it is acceptable. The culture bears familiarity with early internet culture, especially that relating to 4chan.

Personality

Whether anyone else says an opinion or even an objective fact, Contrarianism goes out of the way to say the opposite, no matter how absurd or illogical it is.

Basically, the person who hates on <insert popular thing here> because everyone is talking about it, usually without even digging into why it's popular. They just hate it because they think it will make them a much cooler person.

How to draw

  1. Draw a ball,
  2. Fill it with white
  3. Add four diagonal arrows in the corners pointing toward the center
  4. Fill the top-left and bottom-right arrows with red
  5. Fill the top-right and bottom-left arrows with blue
  6. Add gray borders around the arrows
  7. Add the eyes, and you're done!
Color Name HEX RGB
White #FFFFFF 255, 255, 255
Blue #96d4fa 150, 212, 250
Red #fabcbc 250, 188, 188
Grey #858585 133, 133, 133


Relationships

Critical Thinkers

Frenemies

  • Revolutionary Progressivism - I like how you make things change, but if the government gets too progressive, I will have to become a reactionary, and then we can't be friends.
  • Reactionaryism - I like how you make things go back to a golden age. But if the government gets too reactionary, I will have to become a progressive, and then you can't come to my birthday party.
  • Neoreactionaryism - Geek son of above.
  • Reactionary Liberalism - And also his moderate son who's mildly more pro-status quo.
  • Radical Apoliticism - We both think that the status quo sucks, but we don't need to kill all ideologies.
  • Radical Centrism - Yes, every side can be wrong... Wait, why are you embracing certain status quo ideas?! Stop that!
  • Paleoconservatism & Classical Conservatism - The past was better than the present (still opposed it).
  • Progressive Conservatism - What? Make up your mind already!
  • Soulism - You hate current reality with the status quo, and you just... escape from it by shifting to your personal utopia? Why you are such a defeatist?
  • Manosphere - Go against feminism? Depends on which country we're talking about. If the country we're talking about is pro-feminist, I'm with you, but if it's anti-feminist, I'm not.
  • State Atheism - We usually get along except when he succeeded which fortunately is not very common.
  • Left-Wing Populism & Right-Wing Populism - Good opposition, but unfortunately you have become the establishment in some countries; but at least they usually still oppose the supranational entities that conform the current thing.
  • Welfare Chauvinism - Synthesis of the two above but you also have your moments of being part of the current thing.
  • Paternalistic Conservatism, Left-Wing Nationalism, National Communism, and Conservative Socialism - Also the opposite of the global status quo, but are or have been the local one.

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Notes

  1. "Everyone's an NPC except me" and similar monologues.

References

  1. "Nihilism", Encyclopedia Dramatica.

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