Rothbardian contrarianism
Rothbardian contrarianism is a form of contrarianism and Kremlintarianism related to the negative anti-accounting fallacy. It consists in starting from the a priori position of the US government being always wrong, and then embracing historic revisionism and defending other regimes in order to fit that postulate.
Murray N. Rothbard and his followers commit this fallacy with their “a priori” (Murray N. Rothbard#The category error of an a priori foreign policy) foreign policy stance (present and future actions of government) and related historical revisionism (past actions of government): Rothbardian contrarianism.
- “the central belief of both Professor Rothbard and those who followed him, was and is, that the governments in Washington D.C. and London are-always-wrong (and in economic policy there is something to be said for this view) - but then Professor Rothbard, and those who followed him in general history, jump to the conclusion that those who opposed ”Uncle Sam“ must-be-in-the-right” see: Murray N. Rothbard
“ The facts, by the way, provide us with two rules-of-thumb that work remarkably well in virtually all disputes through modern history: (1) the United States is always wrong (or more wrong); and (2) Great Britain is always wrong.
