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?
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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
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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The other story is that, in 2012, I did something horrible that had consequences that continue to hurt people to this day. That's as much detail as I'm gonna go into on Twitter In order to continue living, I had to adopt an ideology of radical forgiveness
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