I don't know that there was really one moment in particular. But the Obama presidency was definitely the turning point for me. I was a classic lib that would call themself "leftist/socialist" while falling for all the BS that the dems presented. I was a big Obama supporter, but towards the end of his presidency I started to realize how little he had done to improve the material condition of workers.
The utter disappointment that was the final version of Obamacare was when I first got hit with a dose of reality. And while I defended the final version at the time whenever my mom would criticize it (not necessarily from a leftist perspective, mind you) I did so knowing that this was really just a huge gift to the health insurance industry, rather than something actually meant to address the crisis faced by everyday people trying to get healthcare.
The bailout of various corporations in the wake of the 08 crash was another thing that was similar. I saw other libs that I respected at the time defending the bailouts, so I kinda joined in on that. But again, in the back of my head I had thoughts of how diametrically opposed to leftist ideology this really was.
Occupy was definitely another component of that as others have mentioned. I had a co-worker who was really invested in following the Occupy movement, although he (and I) never really directly participated. I guess in a way I could thank him because he certainly was further left on most things than other people I had met at the time. Within certain limits of course, since he still believed in the electoral system and was a big supporter of Justice Democrats.
Other events that pushed me further left until I finally stopped considering myself "leftlib" was the revelation of the mass surveillance program by Snowden, increased use of drones abroad by Obama, Obama's inaction on Standing Rock, and finally the collusion of the Democratic establishment to bury Bernie so that Hillary could have "her turn".
Doesn't necessarily have to be weighted either. I'm pretty sure that with practice you can get a repetitious coin flip, at least for the flip into hand. I'm doing it right now and if tails is facing upwards when on my thumb I can get heads after catching and putting it on the back of my hand roughly 7/10 times. With practice I could probably make that more consistent. You're just practicing to perform exactly the same flip with the same number of spins every time, it's definitely doable. You could put a few hundred hours in and become an expert at it.
I don't know that there was really one moment in particular. But the Obama presidency was definitely the turning point for me. I was a classic lib that would call themself "leftist/socialist" while falling for all the BS that the dems presented. I was a big Obama supporter, but towards the end of his presidency I started to realize how little he had done to improve the material condition of workers.
The utter disappointment that was the final version of Obamacare was when I first got hit with a dose of reality. And while I defended the final version at the time whenever my mom would criticize it (not necessarily from a leftist perspective, mind you) I did so knowing that this was really just a huge gift to the health insurance industry, rather than something actually meant to address the crisis faced by everyday people trying to get healthcare.
The bailout of various corporations in the wake of the 08 crash was another thing that was similar. I saw other libs that I respected at the time defending the bailouts, so I kinda joined in on that. But again, in the back of my head I had thoughts of how diametrically opposed to leftist ideology this really was.
Occupy was definitely another component of that as others have mentioned. I had a co-worker who was really invested in following the Occupy movement, although he (and I) never really directly participated. I guess in a way I could thank him because he certainly was further left on most things than other people I had met at the time. Within certain limits of course, since he still believed in the electoral system and was a big supporter of Justice Democrats.
Other events that pushed me further left until I finally stopped considering myself "leftlib" was the revelation of the mass surveillance program by Snowden, increased use of drones abroad by Obama, Obama's inaction on Standing Rock, and finally the collusion of the Democratic establishment to bury Bernie so that Hillary could have "her turn".
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Coin toss should always be performed onto the ground, it would stop the problem entirely.
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Doesn't necessarily have to be weighted either. I'm pretty sure that with practice you can get a repetitious coin flip, at least for the flip into hand. I'm doing it right now and if tails is facing upwards when on my thumb I can get heads after catching and putting it on the back of my hand roughly 7/10 times. With practice I could probably make that more consistent. You're just practicing to perform exactly the same flip with the same number of spins every time, it's definitely doable. You could put a few hundred hours in and become an expert at it.
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