Contrarianism level -1: “Democracy is a degenerate sham. We need a strong manly man in charge, like Putin.”
Contrarianism level 0: “Democracy is pretty great. We should appreciate it.”
Contrarianism level 1: “Democracy is the worst form of government except for all the others.”
Contrarianism level 2: “Democracy is an awful mess of perverse incentives, do you even free market, you plebs?” *tips fedora*
Contrarianism level 3: “Bourgeois democracy is useless to the common people and a tool of the ruling class, and here’s why we need a one-party leftist state with our own ruling class.”
Contrarianism level 4: “Democracy is pretty great. We should appreciate it.”
Sitting hard at level 4.
Levels 1 and 4 are difficult to separate
Contrarianism level Correct: “Democracy is a manly sham. We need a degenerate in charge to preserve our sacred decadent values.”