What triggered your personal awakening? When did yours happen? This is what is leading to the GREAT awakening.
Mine personally began in early 2010s being a curious person and digging around. The final straw that broke the camels back was the elections of 2016. That is what solidified these truths as big media and big government began their 4 year, relentless attacks. 2019 was the final nail in the coffin, the beginning of agenda 21...
I got semi- red-pilled sometime in the 90s when my dad told me stories about his life in the late 1960s and onwards in the USSR. I didn't understand the whole picture back then as I was a kid but I knew that what I was hearing didn't make sense. Western music was banned, so my dad had an illegal radio which allowed him to listen to music on a radio station of one of the neighboring countries. He trained as a merchant marine but after one or two trips abroad he was later refused the exit visa because he was deemed to be badly influenced by the West and a potential flight risk. There are other stories but even the 12,000 characters I get here won't be enough to tell all of them.
My mom's stories are different but no better, in fact hers are worse because she was complicit in some of the acts that she described. She is easily influenced by Google search results and does not think for herself. She recently asked me why I like freedom so much, and that's when she solidified it to me that she is indeed a communist/big government sympathizer.
I have plenty of emotional trauma left over from my childhood in the USSR and post-Union times. As I entered my 20s, and moved away from home, I was more liberal-leaning than I'd like to admit.
I self red-pilled in micro doses towards the end of my 20s, especially when I had to wait 18 months for health check ups in a socialized healthcare system, but I was supposed to get them every 6-12 months and they didn't have any appointments available. Also seeing my neighbors not working, and having the government pay all their bills and give them enough unemployment to live off of comfortably when I worked my ass off was also eye opening. When I got married my husband exposed me to a truck full of red pills about 9/11, big government, the economy, etc etc etc. Fast forward to one of the first Trump rallies pre-2016 where he first said that Mexico isn't sending their best, and I sort of brushed it off as him being silly and irrelevant. But after I sat down and watched a full rally I thought that Trump was right! The final red pill moment was when I saw how badly Trump was portrayed by the commie media for telling the truth.
If you're interested in a story about escaping from the USSR then my most favorite of all the oceanographer Stanislav Kurilov, who pulled off a completely insane escape. When I try to tell people about the dangers of communism they just gasp and think I'm exaggerating.
I would like to hear more. You should post here about it. America is facing communism now, your post would be very relevant and we can learn from it.
Please make a post!!
2nd that. Would love to read more.
How does someone who escaped communism marry a socialist sympathizer?
I'm sorry I don't understand the question
You discussed your father's troubles in the USSR. I'm guessing he's not fond of communism. Then you said your mom is a communist sympathizer. I'm just wondering how they could get along enough to get married. I'm guessing they didn't discuss politics.
Oh, my parents both lived in the USSR and got married there. They are still together, and live in one of the former USSR republics. Politics wasn't something that was actively discussed back then because someone was ALWAYS listening, and those people were ready to report you to people in power (this included your boss at work) for spreading anti-communist information. You could get reprimanded, shamed, fired, taken to court (very biased, of course), prosecuted, jailed, etc. Snitching was rampant and highly encouraged because it would help snitches advance in life without much effort.
I inherited my dad's free spirit, but I also value my mother's experiences - I am much more aware of what's going on around me because of them.