I used to be a conservative who shot guns weekly and reloaded ammo. I was deep into the group for years.

The last 6 years I’ve been democratic, gone to protests and do my best to educate others about the dangers of being on the right.

Problem is, on social media, everyone assumes your lying or a bot, so I can’t help convert anyone over to the brighter side.

idolizing celebs, prof athletes, actors, singers…etc.

I turned 13 and learned what they basically do and how much they earn compared to doctors and teachers.

math is hard, annoying, useless

then found shaders, procedural art, freya holmer.

so math is hard, annoying, beautiful. well not exactly 180 then.

that I was straight

Eating meat. I used to vaguely mock vegans when I was in college (UK, so 16-18 years old). I used to say shit like “don’t you just miss bacon though” and “the animals already dead, you might as well eat it now or it goes to waste”. I’ve since done a 180 and I’m close to 10 years of veganism. Best decision I ever made for both my health and mental wellbeing.

China bad America less bad.

I think China is no worse than america now. I don’t put effort into buying american products anymore and will happily buy Chinese goods.

Not all Republicans are bad.

Wrong triple Trumpers are demons pure and simple.

Capitalism is ok with regulation.

Wrong the system is inherently flawed and feeds into humanities worst impulses.

That science and programming are hard.

They are not. It’s just a bunch of rules much like learning a spoken language.

Well, I was raised a super political conservative, Mormon. Now I’m an Atheist Liberal. Does that count?

Damn near most of them. I was raised by stereotypical mildly narcissistic boomers who were mildly racist and very conservative. I’ve only gotten more leftist as I’ve gotten older.

I’d say that the biggest one was that people’s situation is largely their fault. It’s not. It’s somewhat their fault but a TON more than is obvious is actually the context and environment in which they live. Like in a card game, some cards are dealt to you and you choose to play them. You don’t pick the cards you get.

Even then, the choices we make are not independent of the context. I was raised with the idea that we’re 100% free will. I’d say it’s 20% at most. If I had free will, I’d never lose my temper. I’d never have a break down. I’d never do dumb stuff because it seemed like a good idea at the time. (thinking to myself, why did I do that?!)

Used to think that if you put in the work at your job, showing loyalty and dedication, that the company would take care of you. That’s how it worked for my parents…working for the same place starting as a college intern through retirement, or changing jobs when they felt like it when they wanted to move elsewhere.

It sounds naive now after years in the real world being taken advantage of, getting passed by, and getting laid off because of a company’s whims…but when I showed up in the job market with a degree and good grades from college it was quite a shock.

The American dream.

Born in a south American country, I’ve grown bombarded by USA propaganda. Later on, by studying word history through different points of view, I’ve realized the evil USA imperialist practices are and the damage it has imposed to all the “underdeveloped” countries. “Not all USA is bad, but it’s always USA doing bad things”.

That the American Dream exists or ever really existed.

When I was a freshman in college I thought “Surely nobody would want to inherit genetic diseases, and why wouldn’t we want to to try and make people just naturally live longer, healthier lives?” but then I did even the tiniest bit of research on how eugenics actually worked and I completely abandoned that line of thinking.

Conservatism. Used to be a conservative around being 18-20. Then I left it after I saw what giving 2/3rd of the seats to Orbán did in my country. Now I’m not only an anti-fascist, but I also actively oppose conservatism.

When we thought fascism would never come back, we had to learn fascism was just conservatism at its logical extremes.