careyprice31
17th February 2008, 12:34
Because I'd like to hear from all sides, right and left and everything in between, if i post it anywhere else restricted people cant write.
What was it in your life that made you become what you are? What made u choose Capitalism, Leftism, or somewhere in between? How did u come to have the beliefs you have?
For me it was my life and life's experiences. I was born into a Capitalist family.....my father was going to start a business but my mother wanted to get her teaching degree so my dad had to pay her tuition so he never did start one.
My capitalist family was openminded enough not to raise me with either ideology. My father always said to me, "You must choose your own path."
They did have me involved in the religious stuff though like forcing me to be confirmed even though i didnt want it, so they werent totally openminded.
then i went through school where i was abused and segregated by students and staff because i was different. Even had teachers segregate me into a special ed classroom because they thought I was retarded.
The my friend who was my age at the time 15, we were both in junior high.....died of colon cancer. I made the connection between his death and the fact that his parents were Jehovah witness and did not try everything to save him....chose some religion over the life of their own son. It was such a powerful moment in my life. It made me swear off religion for life and everything I read about it after that merely reinforced the notion that it really is bad and its like a drug.
I quit high school when i was 16 and never graduated. I realized that no teenager should be robbed of their innocence and education and such as I was. If I hadnt quit I would have died. I realized the flaw was in the society around me. Society and life makes people what they are.
When I was 14 I began to question the fact that Canada is still a monarchy and we have a queen. I believed from the age of 14 that we should get rid of the monarchy. I also began to question the concept of "royal blood" I was like wtf!! what royal blood ? Their blood is just the same as anybody else's.
I began studying Russian history at 14 and have been learning it ever since as well as Karl Marx and more history, ideas and theories than just that but I cannot say I became leftist because of that. I was already leftist. Had leftist thoughts and beliefs long before that. I guess the most I can say is that the Russian history, the Marxism, and the other theories taught me that my set of thoughts and beliefs had a name, but I cannot say that they made me a leftist.
Life experiences made me what I am.
I now believe I was born to become a university Russian history professor, to become involved in activism, and to transform the world for the better.
How about the rest of you? What made you choose your own set of beliefs and your life's path?
What was it in your life that made you become what you are? What made u choose Capitalism, Leftism, or somewhere in between? How did u come to have the beliefs you have?
For me it was my life and life's experiences. I was born into a Capitalist family.....my father was going to start a business but my mother wanted to get her teaching degree so my dad had to pay her tuition so he never did start one.
My capitalist family was openminded enough not to raise me with either ideology. My father always said to me, "You must choose your own path."
They did have me involved in the religious stuff though like forcing me to be confirmed even though i didnt want it, so they werent totally openminded.
then i went through school where i was abused and segregated by students and staff because i was different. Even had teachers segregate me into a special ed classroom because they thought I was retarded.
The my friend who was my age at the time 15, we were both in junior high.....died of colon cancer. I made the connection between his death and the fact that his parents were Jehovah witness and did not try everything to save him....chose some religion over the life of their own son. It was such a powerful moment in my life. It made me swear off religion for life and everything I read about it after that merely reinforced the notion that it really is bad and its like a drug.
I quit high school when i was 16 and never graduated. I realized that no teenager should be robbed of their innocence and education and such as I was. If I hadnt quit I would have died. I realized the flaw was in the society around me. Society and life makes people what they are.
When I was 14 I began to question the fact that Canada is still a monarchy and we have a queen. I believed from the age of 14 that we should get rid of the monarchy. I also began to question the concept of "royal blood" I was like wtf!! what royal blood ? Their blood is just the same as anybody else's.
I began studying Russian history at 14 and have been learning it ever since as well as Karl Marx and more history, ideas and theories than just that but I cannot say I became leftist because of that. I was already leftist. Had leftist thoughts and beliefs long before that. I guess the most I can say is that the Russian history, the Marxism, and the other theories taught me that my set of thoughts and beliefs had a name, but I cannot say that they made me a leftist.
Life experiences made me what I am.
I now believe I was born to become a university Russian history professor, to become involved in activism, and to transform the world for the better.
How about the rest of you? What made you choose your own set of beliefs and your life's path?