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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. An offshoot of Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
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
Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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 Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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
- Draw a ball,
- Fill it with four quadrants
- The blue quadrant on the bottom left
- The red quadrant on the bottom right
- The green quadrant on the top right
- The yellow quadrant on the top left
- Add the eyes, and you're done!
Color Name | HEX | RGB | |
---|---|---|---|
Blue | #96d4fa | 150, 212, 250 | |
Red | #fabcbc | 250, 188, 188 | |
Green | #c8fabc | 200, 250, 188 | |
Yellow | #fafaaf | 250, 250, 175 |
Relationships
Critical Thinkers
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Apoliticism - Daddy taught me well. Politics is hopeless. Although I do find complaining a lot more fun than grilling.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anti-Centrism - Burn the fence down.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anti-Realism - Just like the above but more interesting, so to say.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Marxism - Ruthless criticism of society, you say? Pretty based. Plus you're also probably not going to become the status quo anytime soon.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Trotskyism - Permanent revolution is based af.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Alt-Lite & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Libertarianism - Opposition to mainstream politics from the right? Also based. But again, if you succeed I will complain about you too.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Alt-Right - Like the above but even less mainstream
and more racist. - Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Alt-Right Libertarianism - A fusion of alt-right and libertarianism is a great idea because it is even more anti-mainstream.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Insurrectionary Anarchism - Hell yeah, destroy every political norm, baby!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Populism - Anything the elite supports is automatically cringe.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anarcho-Nihilism - Negation of every political system? Based!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination National Bolshevism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Strasserism & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Fourth Theory - The most anti-mainstream ideologies.
Frenemies
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoreactionaryism - Geek son of above.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Reactionary Liberalism - And also his moderate son who's mildly more pro-status quo.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Radical Apoliticism - We both think that politics suck, but taking a side isn't entirely a bad thing...
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Radical Centrism - Yes, every side can be wrong... Wait, why are you embracing certain status quo ideas?! Stop that!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Dead Centrism - Half and half? How about zero and zero?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Paleoconservatism & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Classical Conservatism - The past was better than the present (still opposed it).
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Progressive Conservatism - What? Make up your mind already!
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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?
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination State Atheism - We usually get along except when he succeeded which fortunately is not very common.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Left-Wing Populism & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination 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.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Welfare Chauvinism - Synthesis of the two above but you also have your moments of being part of the current thing.
St*tus Quo
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservatism - Keeping things the same is the worst. I would rather have a disastrous change. All revolutions are good.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoliberalism, Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Neoconservatism & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Third Way - Fuck the status quo.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Reformism - Modify the status quo, technically is still the status quo.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Liberalism - I'm so bored of you.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Liberal Conservatism & Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Conservative Liberalism - The worst of both worlds.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Radicalism - You were so cool but now I have to fight against you.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Democracy - Stupid popularity contest.
- Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination Anti-Radicalism - So, your objective is to preserve the status quo?! How stupid!
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