Ok someone I worked with who was a libertarian leaning objectivist 5 years ago, is now a @BernieSanders bro. @arbissell was the transformation gradual or more abrupt? What were the main factors?
For me, it took years. Probably started in 2012 and very gradually led me to become the Bernie Bro I am today Theory: Objectivists oppose the status quo and want radical change. It's easier for an Oist to adopt an ideology of radical change than to become a status quo liberal
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There are a lot of different stories I could tell about how it happened, all of them true. The two that come closest are: 1. I started working in the service industry and met people who were born into poverty and dysfunction (my coworkers) and people who had money to burn
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And it became increasingly obvious to me how our system works to keep people in cycles of poverty or cycles of wealth. I was a capitalist because I thought we had a level playing field and a meritocracy. We don't. So we need a better solution
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I'm not sure I would go quite so far as to say it's easier to become a radical than remain a liberal (which most Oists are, by our understanding of the term). It's probably in many ways easier for Oists than the general population though.
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Or maybe, it is easier for Objectivists to become radicals *without their hand being forced by their material conditions* than it is for most people.
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