Personally, I was a left liberal for all my life, but had kinda looked into the abyss of anti-sjw and gamergate stuff, like watching Sargon and Bearing, but hadn't really subscribed to their beliefs, more putting them on as background chatter.
Things changed when I read manufacturing consent, listened to Chomsky and found Chapo at around the end of 2018, at which point I found myself as more an ancom, but Chomsky's talking points on Leninism and the USSR was never as cogent and didn't make as much sense as his other points, so I held skepticism about my beliefs then.
Reading more on theory and history, and looking more into different left tendencies via channels like Rev Left moved me over to be a Marxist, as it made the most sense to me in explaining the current and historical situation. Currently making my way through Lenin and looking more into historical ML states and I've found that I'm pretty comfortable as just a Marxist with ML tendencies rn.
Similar journey to you. Lefty liberal, identified with the usual internet liberal/libertarian zeitgeist (pro-abortion, pro-drugs, meh on guns, anti-religion, etc). Ended up circling the drain a bit on that libertarian-to-fash pipeline, with the likes of gamergate rapidly politicising a previously mostly apolitical sphere. I always felt a bit out of place, what with quite liking redistribution and egalitarianism, but the race and gender stuff was beginning to seep in.
From there, somehow I found Chapo, and it had the same irreverent humour as before, with the bonus of it being directed exclusively at mainstream conservatives and liberals, rather than at marginalised groups.
From there it was a small step over to RevLeft, and Breht’s sincerity reminded me that it’s ok to unironically give a shit about things.
Oh, and death to America, of course.
All babies should be aborted. None will remain.
More projects should emulate Breht's example. Death to America, always.