Im 14 years younger than you but the first stirrings of my awakening happened at around the same age. The impetus was the assassination attempt on Reagan, the Hinckley family's close ties to the Bush family and the Brady bill gun grab. The lack of an internet definitely slowed the ride down though. With the advent of the internet I became known as the full blown conspiracy theorist in the family.

Now though my conservative leaning normie family listen to me more. Dad even told Mom I have been right all along.