Mine was in the Carter transition to Reagan. I was graduating high school and due to the Carter recession, my counties unemployment rate was 23%. My only real employment option was the military, so I joined the Army. Second to marrying my wife, best decision of my life.
While I was in the Army, I learned a lot in basic training but most importantly, I learned that excuses don’t cut it. I was hearing a lot of excuses from the Democrats and Reagan was talking a lot about responsibility. During this time, I heard about Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations and decided to read it.
That, along with reading Mein Kampf, and Das Kapital, taught me more about economics and all that I needed to know that the Dems wanted to take my money from me and give it to others.
That was my epiphany path.
his’n kampf to seize the kapital that he was envious of. occastions for godly compassion were warped into a self willed entitlement class war.
Mein Kampf! Man did you go deep, that’s a tough one to get through. I still try to get libs to wake up, you see a crack and a little bit of hope but then they seal it right back up. Now I just say “yeah I was liberal, but then I got tired of being stupid and wrong and mislead by the news.”
Thank you also for your service. I have a son in the Marines. Proudest day of my life.