a banger of an opening line. and to the point of thesis, i agree 1000%. i had absolutely garbage politics into my late 20s. very much a "taxes are theft" lolbertarian idiot.

through happenstance, i began working directly for a guy born into the 0.01% of the US. he was in his 40s. within two days, as my mind began to grasp the power and pointless waste this guy deployed with all the discretion of a drunk toddler. i remember the clear thought that would have been abhorrent to me a day earlier, "the government needs to come and take all of this guy's money and land" because no state, no matter how corrupt and venal, would waste money like this asshole.

i became far more open minded to all leftist thought from that purely emotional experience.

[–] SkingradGuard@hexbear.net 27 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

i became far more open minded to all leftist thought from that purely emotional experience.

"Well clearly you're just an emotional leftist who can't handle the fax and logick that the ruling class should be wasteful, because you're not as smart and work as hard as they do smuglord " - some libertarian chud, probably

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