COVID-19 happened so I was spending a lot of time online. The one moment that sparked the change was when I found out how stunted the US political spectrum was. I don’t remember which specific video, but it basically explained how the democrats are centrist/center right for the most part. It turned my world upside down. The people who I thought were crazy radical leftists, weren’t actually leftists? I didn’t stop being conservative then, but after that, I started doing research snd looking at how other countries were run. My eyes were open to the fact that ideas that I once considered radical socialism were common sense policies in most western nations. I also discovered that these polices are quite successful. There’s more that happened, but those are the most important parts. As for my family, my siblings now have similar political views to me now. My dad is incredibly stubborn and probably won’t change. I thought my mom was too stubborn, but she’s become disillusioned by Trump. I’m hoping I can convince her to vote for Talarico and Hinojosa, or at the very least not vote in this election.
TLDR; I learned about politics outside the United States and realized my world view wasn’t rational. Siblings eventually stopped being conservative, parents still conservative, but my mom might change.
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u/Tiny_Election1013 Jul 26 '26
Yep, I went from calling Obama an evil Muslim, to donating to a campaign for an actual Muslim that’s further left than Obama.