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16. My dad was in a union and my mom

Reply to Douglas Carpenter (Original post)

Wed Nov 27, 2013, 04:23 PM

Nov 2013

a flower child ... we were raised to be liberals.

I did go through a period for about 5 years when I left for college, graduated, and started working - I felt like maybe there was something to Reagan's trickle down and if I just worked hard enough I could be a millionaire too. I got over that notion pretty quickly when I entered the workforce and found out my salary for the year was $15,500 starting out. You need a lot of raises to get to a million from there ...

I ended up doing well in my career and married someone who similarly did well - but we both remain democrats and I am far more socialist. Once you've sat in the board room there is no way you can honestly talk about anyone caring about workers. The goal of capitalism is profit and that's it (if anyone gets helped along the way it's incidental - the goal is always growth and more profit). I have two siblings and they are both also socialists who vote dem.

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To the extent you were political as a kid - were your politics then similar to what they are today? [View all] Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 OP

I was, like Hilary Clinton, raised by rabid right wing radical Goldwater supporters. rgbecker Nov 2013 #1

My folks were moderate Republicans Freddie Nov 2013 #2

1 and 5. FSogol Nov 2013 #3

In 6th grade d_r Nov 2013 #4

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Trotskyist in '71........ socialist_n_TN Nov 2013 #17

'Whenever I see an American with a glow in their eyes talking about workers and peasants uniting Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #23

I believed in fairness as a kid. My views on this have only gotten more strident. canoeist52 Nov 2013 #6

Same. WinkyDink Nov 2013 #7

As a marine and a college kid I was a Marxist...now I'm an Anarchist (Left Libertarian). Tierra_y_Libertad Nov 2013 #8

Somewhat moderate but waxed more liberal over time. TheKentuckian Nov 2013 #9

I was a Repbulican for about eight minutes shenmue Nov 2013 #10

I grew up in another country nadinbrzezinski Nov 2013 #11

As a young person, I was liberal. PDJane Nov 2013 #12

If you listened to my dad he sounded like Archie Bunker but my doc03 Nov 2013 #13

I grew up in a white middle class family where our magazine subscriptions included... DreamGypsy Nov 2013 #14

I actually teased my brother for liking Jimmy Carter by putting fake blood on a peanut and Starry Messenger Nov 2013 #15

My dad was in a union and my mom TBF Nov 2013 #16

I was raised in a right-wing environment LumosMaxima Nov 2013 #18

for some more results Douglas Carpenter Nov 2013 #19

From the minute I saw Jerry Falwell flapping his gums on the tv about some shit called the Warren DeMontague Nov 2013 #20

My war experiences changed my right-wing leaning dramatically Victor_c3 Nov 2013 #21

My parents are moderate Democrats, so I was, more or less, too clyrc Nov 2013 #22