Yes, it does seem surprising how you turned out with such an upbringing 😄
Oh, and...
All the times I mentioned I was liberal until I wasn't anymore, I was trying to build my own small business... then I learned about my new income taxes lol. I am sure you know what happened next.
Hahaha the classic socialist turned capitalist story
Y'all live and grew up in a much more free country than mine 😂
But I was surrounded by and grew up in a subculture that values property rights and entrepreneurship quite a lot. That + Bitcoin + the internet played a big role in my de-programming.
Yeah the process of starting a business and going through a calendar year will radicalize anyone. All the red tape and the state, municipal and federal taxes at the end of the year. Infuriating and demoralizing.
I was growing weed in college and loved it so after graduation I doubled down and built it into a cool little boutique business. But the state I was in legalized cannabis shortly thereafter and if you didn’t have a million dollars in capital you couldn’t go legal, so I went full black. Did that for a long while and felt a sense of pride in not bending the knee or contributing to The State’s insanity.
I get so fucking irritated when I think about shit like this and all the potential businesses that can never start up because of the fucking parasite class
Took me decades to learn you gotta go gray/black flag
Stay small and independent, otherwise, the bigger your biz gets, the more you are tied to contributing to the evils of the tyrannical, blood-soaked, kidf***ing, extorting, fat, fake, and gay state.
Bro you're just a wee baby 😊
When I was just out of college, it was 1993, and Clinton supposedly didn't inhale 😅
