The Harry Potter limits of liberalism jpeg helped a lot too.
I realized in the space of a week that I was a Socialist, not a Liberal. I didn't just want some people liberated, I want everybody liberated. A united human race, unshackled by nationalism or racism or sexism or economic inequality.
... and then I started to realize how many other people I admired had been Socialists, like MLK and Einstein, and then I started to realize how much we've been deliberately lied to about almost everything in the US...
... and then I started to realize how many other people I admired had been Socialists, like MLK and Einstein, and then I started to realize how much we've been deliberately lied to about almost everything in the US...
basically every time you learn about a historical figure who seems cool, it turns out they founded the US Communist Party or spent 6 months in revolutionary Moscow or aided peasant villages in Mao-era China
I always dreamed of a united human race like in Star Trek or Mass Effect. I remember wishing there was an Anthem for mankind, and then I heard the lyrics to The Internationale...and found a Richard Wolff video explaining what Socialism actually is.
The Harry Potter limits of liberalism jpeg helped a lot too.
I realized in the space of a week that I was a Socialist, not a Liberal. I didn't just want some people liberated, I want everybody liberated. A united human race, unshackled by nationalism or racism or sexism or economic inequality.
... and then I started to realize how many other people I admired had been Socialists, like MLK and Einstein, and then I started to realize how much we've been deliberately lied to about almost everything in the US...
basically every time you learn about a historical figure who seems cool, it turns out they founded the US Communist Party or spent 6 months in revolutionary Moscow or aided peasant villages in Mao-era China
People have told me that Canada has forgotten 白求恩. Very sad.