imo there is nothing I could say to my old self to speed up the process. My whole move away from liberalism and into communism was gradual, but also punctuated by several real life moments that can’t be instilled in a person through words.

“What if I told you that liberals aren’t leftists and that there are actual leftists out there, and they’re pretty cool?”

“You’re not the only one who feels this way.”

“It’s okay to be angry.”

That the bad things that keep getting done by people in power aren’t accidents, failures, ignorance, etc. this is how they want things to be. And they will make things as bad as they need to if the price is right and we let them

Also, protesting that is not peaceful is not bad or “hurting their cause”

I was raised conservative so my journey was a long one, but by the time Obama was elected I was ready for the new new deal that he would certainly be leading the nation through, now that laissez-faire capitalism is so thoroughly discredited. I wasn’t a true believer with Obama as an individual. I just thought that was the inevitable conclusion of those events. And I thought we’d be living in social democracy by now, though I didn’t know the term, and I thought I’d have guaranteed healthcare and be able to take a train somewhere by now. Knocking that fantasy out of my brain would have taken about six years off the journey. Around 2014 was when I really gave up on the dead end democratic party and realized they just didn’t want to do any of this stuff.

Listen, I know it’s tough right now, first Bernie drops out and now this dumb bitch can’t even win, but I promise you, I promise you.

This is one of the funniest things that happens in your life :feast: