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Old_ex_Commie 93 points ago +93 / -0

About damn time. My ex was driving a fancy new 4WD SUV and had every cable TV channel available while I had to choose between groceries vs. prescriptions.

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thelastlast 30 points ago +30 / -0

are you actually an Old ex-Commie?

I would be interested in your stories, maybe make a post.

if its just a screen name nevermind

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Old_ex_Commie 38 points ago +38 / -0

I should tell those stories someday.

But yes, I was a counterculture radical for a few years. In Portland, no less. In the early 70s.

I remember heated arguments over which kind of Communism was best. Mostly between a certain Maoist (he actually walked around carrying Mao’s Little Red Book like a Christian carrying a Bible, LOL) and everyone else.

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The_kool_mom 17 points ago +17 / -0

Would love to know what turned you!

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meals23 10 points ago +10 / -0

probably getting a job

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Old_ex_Commie 6 points ago +6 / -0

Short answer: getting "mugged by Reality," as the saying goes.

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jubyeonin 17 points ago +17 / -0

You get bread line stories either way. lol