For most of my life (38) i've considered myself a left leaning anarchist (i like the idea of worker cooperatives, but would never force my ideas on anyone else. I've always been anti establishment and anti gov.
But i gotta say i got red pilled hard in 2016. How? Just watching the fucking media and the way they treated Trump. I always knew the media lied but this was overdrive watching the swamp/establishment try their hardest to reject this outsider.
Watching the left buy up all the lies and bullshit just made my stomach churn. I can never consider myself left again.
Trump is the first leader i've wanted to follow.
That's my red pill story. What's yours?
Been a registered L since mid-90s. Always voted straight ticket protest vote, even writing Ron in once in a deep blue city/state. Neve paid much attention to news or politics other than keeping tabs on rights and dollars. Started to notice the lopsidedness of the media, and its effect on friends and family. Frankly disdained Rs and Ds about the same, but the unfairness of it all became repugnant to me, so as I've said before, "the right" didn't have to lift a finger to red pill this pede.