My world view changed in the mid-90s when I decided to really apply myself and went back to college. I took a class at Cleveland State University, a required class from the “group IV” set of classes called “The History of Cleveland/Black Studies”. It was in this class that we were told that the city of Cleveland, under mayor Kucinich, went into bankruptcy because of the big banks, not because the city defaulted on its loans. And all landlords were bad, tenants were good. Blah, blah, blah, whitey was the bad guy even then.
I then realized that our higher education system had at least partially been hijacked by some anti-American commies. I found FR a couple of years later, read Atlas Shrugged, 1984, Unintended Consequences, The Bell Curve, and a number of books by Ann Coulter (when she was pretending to be conservative), Levin, Rush, and even Glen Beck.
FR was the anchor for me, and it still is one of my stabilizing forums (that may seem scary to many...).
I think the big hit was when the country elected Obama. I knew he was bad news, the markets knew he was bad news, everyone I knew, knew he was bad news. And yet, he was elected (having McCain as his opponent wasn’t exactly a winning strategy either). I was so shaken by his election that I dug into my IRA and paid off the house. Drastic move, I know, but I figured that they would be going after money and anything I couldn’t protect with firepower would be subject to theft by the commies in charge.
That was the turning point for this country. He did more damage to the US than most people can even understand. And if we don’t re-elect Trump, the country is done. Period.
Sorry about the slide - just thinking aloud and typing as I go.
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I had a friend turn me onto Atlas Shrugged about 25 years ago. Read it every year between thanksgiving and Christmas for about 15 years until I started seeing the liberals adopting it as their playbook. Even saw a copy on the desk of our county court clerk (big lib pol) when I filed to run for office, the same year Obama was running for Pres.
The libs/DS really are using Atlas Shrugged as their playbook and they believe they can change the ending. POTUS has ‘Gone Gault’ politically as have we FreeQs and the Red Pills are flowing! MAGA! WWG1WGA!