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What is an important "butterfly moment" for you that helped push you towards leftism later on? (hexbear.net)
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Like a moment that seemed insignificant and unimportant at the time, but looking back was in fact a pivotal moment in pushing you towards radicalization.

For me probably being introduced to Guitar Hero at my friend's house in like summer 2007. At the time it was just another day, but looking back I ended up falling in love with those games, I ended up being introduced to The Ramones and even more importantly the Dead Kennedys through them, which caused me to get into punk music and resulted in me adopting very critical attitudes towards larger American society, attitudes which later grew into anarchism and then Marxism

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[–] miz@hexbear.net 18 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

it was exhausting being a liberal, every time Lucy pulled the football it required lots of mental gymnastics.

it's exhausting being a marxist but in an entirely different way— your predictions turn out correct

[–] mathemachristian@hexbear.net 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I was happier as a lib for sure. Now there is just dread.

[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago

idk being a liberal was extremely frustrating for me. Anxiously following polls and election results, volunteering time and money, and even when your person wins seeing nothing change anyway — I don’t like the word but cuck is really the only way to describe it.

At least as a Marxist I can be disappointed but also understand wtf is going on