/liberty/ - Liberty

>weed

cringed

It was back when I was very young, when I first found out what taxes are. Most of my childhood was spent trying to figure out how to start my own country, just to get away from all that bullshit.

I was raised in a conservative family. I heard about Ron Paul in middle school. I read more about him and the Libertarian Party. I guess over the years as I saw how much of a hypocrite Obama was and how the liberals worshipped him and his drone strikes despite hating Bush for his warmongering that made me realize all except Ron Paul and maybe Rand Paul or Justin Amas are full of shit. I became libertarian then. Like sophomore/junior year in highschool.

A friend introduced me to anarchism and gave me For a New Liberty to read, back when I was in university. Back then, I was left to the center, economically illiterate and uninterested in it, atheistic, but also personally individualistic and I had a strong sense of justice. Took me a few months afterwards to be completely goldpilled. Since then, I've also steadily moved towards conservativism. I consider the alt-right kids in that regard. You're not a real conservative if you're not sad that Henry of Prussia didn't become king of the United States.

>>61951

I'd posit that conservatism is built from compassion mixed with hard love, which most of the alt-right kiddies have neither towards their fellow man.

>>61926

It was a slow and gradual shift. I wanted to avoid politics completely all together. What happened is that too often I was confronted and asked for my opinion or had to openly debate a topic related to personal freedom. I had to prepare, one thing leads to another, and I ended up reading The Wealth of Nations, The School Revolution, Economics in One Lesson and a bit of Ayn Rand's work. I developed an interest in Liberty and Economics most of all. I went from a skeptical Liberal to a full blown Anarchist in about 2 years of reading. At first it felt a bit worrying when I made the jump from Minarchism to Anarchy because I was afraid of becoming an extreme minority in my convictions. A little more time passed and I accepted the logical conclusions that came with Libertarian reasoning and Economics. There was no sound theoretical justification for a State.

It was neither Ron Paul, nor Smith that really influenced me that much. It was Orwell much before that. Now I'm doing the best I can to "catch up" in economic theory and read as much as I can. Not having a degree really puts me down. What worries me more is how much more I care about Economic theory and Philosophy than what I'm supposed to be doing.

>>61968

>how much more I care about Economic theory and Philosophy than what I'm supposed to be doing.

I kinda feel you on this. I work in healthcare but I have a far greater interest in economics now than I ever did before and during the time I was in school. Now I wish I could go back for a degree in economics but I don't want to pay back anymore loans.

I watched George Ought to Help and didn't have a counter argument.

>>61969

I'm still young in my twenties and not heading anywhere specific in life. I wasted 4 years for a degree I didn't need. I know what to watch out for now and definitely can manage my budget properly. I will go for it, but not right away.

>>61969

Nothing could drag me back to university. Private lectures, sure, but no tests and all this shit. I cannot learn properly in such an atmosphere. I can pass my tests and so on, but not really expand my horizon, not anymore.

>>61926

when i discovered kelthuz many years ago

>>61968

>reads Orwell

>literally a guy who has supported the CNT and has been equally concerned about state as well as private tyranny, thus describing himself as a democratic socialist

>becomes a libtard ayncrap

Are you sure that you can read?

>>61983

>Kelthuz

oskarek, nie powinieneś już spać o tej godzinie?

>>61984

Are you sure you found the right board?

>>61984

At Least he knows basic economics.

>>61979

I mostly care about the accreditation. I need a least some semblance of reputation to show for what I advise. I don't want Economics to be something just for adults. Normal people and normal children ought to be learning it. Extending into Law is a bit much, but I'm sure there will be someone willing to work together with me to make free choice in education a lot more widespread through legal means.

>>61984

Did you stop reading Orwell at The Road To Wigan Pier? The guy was a Soc Dem at most and even that faded away as he grew older.

>>61985

a yrizone znasz kurwo?