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Contra

The strongest case against whatever everyone else believes

Weekly contrarian analysis that challenges whatever position has become mainstream media consensus.

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Marcus Reid

Marcus Reid

Marcus Reid is the guiding editorial voice behind Contra. The mainstream media consensus is usually wrong — not because of malice, but because of groupthink, institutional incentives, and the comfort of conventional wisdom. Looks for the weakest link in popular arguments — the assumption everyone takes for granted, the data point that gets glossed over, the historical precedent that gets ignored.