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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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
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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I couldn't go around believing that people are Good or Evil, if that makes sense. I couldn't see the world through Randian judgement. Because I'd have to kill myself. We are all so weak, we all try so hard Over time, my politics shifted to match my reconstructed self
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*2011, not 2012. Not that it matters particularly
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