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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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[–] SexMachineStalin@hexbear.net 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Going for over a week without food because I was sick for a day and missed work, obviously no sick leave because amerikkka and the propensity of amerikkka to have among the worst labour rights in the world outside of war zones.

Obomba also started drone-bombing the Middle East while I was in high school and couldn't wash my hands with warm water after taking a shit since the money to fix the plumbing went to Predator drones. Then Nelson Mandela passed away and there were constant protests against Obomba. I then moved back to South Africa at the end of 2013 with what little money I had left and all of amerikkka isntrael rap sheet of crimes against humanity were visible live, in (at the time) now-affordable 1080p.

I also literally did not hear about Operation Cast Lead until like the start of 2014.

Death to AmeriKKKa