Full-blown commie here came from Post Soviet block in 2006 crying about the fact that higher education and healthcare is not "free" in USA like it is in most Europe and Soviet times and complaining about gun-toting rednecks. Then in 2008 my USA born son got severe adverse reaction to regularly scheduled vaccination for babies. The awakening process was VERY slow but steady. Thankfully I could afford to leave work and be at home educating myself on everything from healthcare to history, politics, and all imaginable conspiracies. One rabbit hole into another to the point I'm now - proud owner of tin foil hat homeschooling my own kids and believing that healthcare and compulsory education as it is designed is actually designed for evil purposes! :)
I lived in Soviet Sweden too and was perfectly brainwashed! :) Maybe it had smth to do with the fact that I was part of the majority most of my life. I think the moment we realize things are not the way we think they are is when we are among the majority for whom it works. The moment one becomes single out for whatever reason - eyes start opening and one switches from collectivism to being individualist realizing one shoe size does not fit all. Unfortunately I believe this is still the main reason for awakening. There is just MORE of us that do not belong to the masses any longer.
voted for obammer first time in 2008. Was disappointed that he was not LEFT enough so did not vote for him in 2012 anymore. I was too focused only on vaccination issue and healthcare in general that I did not see the bigger picture yet. But between 2012 and 2016 switched completely to libertarian view and in 2016 actually voted for Johnson. Only in 2020 voted for Trump. So, yes, under obammer but during his second shift completely switched.
Full-blown commie here came from Post Soviet block in 2006 crying about the fact that higher education and healthcare is not "free" in USA like it is in most Europe and Soviet times and complaining about gun-toting rednecks. Then in 2008 my USA born son got severe adverse reaction to regularly scheduled vaccination for babies. The awakening process was VERY slow but steady. Thankfully I could afford to leave work and be at home educating myself on everything from healthcare to history, politics, and all imaginable conspiracies. One rabbit hole into another to the point I'm now - proud owner of tin foil hat homeschooling my own kids and believing that healthcare and compulsory education as it is designed is actually designed for evil purposes! :)
I lived in Soviet Sweden too and was perfectly brainwashed! :) Maybe it had smth to do with the fact that I was part of the majority most of my life. I think the moment we realize things are not the way we think they are is when we are among the majority for whom it works. The moment one becomes single out for whatever reason - eyes start opening and one switches from collectivism to being individualist realizing one shoe size does not fit all. Unfortunately I believe this is still the main reason for awakening. There is just MORE of us that do not belong to the masses any longer.
voted for obammer first time in 2008. Was disappointed that he was not LEFT enough so did not vote for him in 2012 anymore. I was too focused only on vaccination issue and healthcare in general that I did not see the bigger picture yet. But between 2012 and 2016 switched completely to libertarian view and in 2016 actually voted for Johnson. Only in 2020 voted for Trump. So, yes, under obammer but during his second shift completely switched.