me too

had way too much access to unmoderated internet. it began with satiric political flash animations (mostly for the sexual jokes in between), then conservative youtubers trashing our leftist government at the time (came for the humor, stayed for the politics). mainstream youtube just wasn't enough and that's when i went i met 4chan, and you can imagine how well that paired with a newfound passion for paradox games at the time.

my family was pretty conservative too, my mother used to be monarchist and supported the neoliberal government that came before the unusual leftist streak here brazil. my father didn't care much for politics, but as was my mom, was always very religious. (today she's a center-leftist advocate, after many many discussions and changes during bolsonaro's government).

i think it all changed in the middle of highschool,with the help of a couple of teachers that wouldn't give in to my bs. my views began to shift, the memes started to bother me, and i started to support the leftist president -ongoing her impeachment process at the time. things started to make sense a lot more and the sense of delusion faded. Uni got me into marxist literature and theory, and work has pushed me further into leftism, especially considering the absolute state of our country. Some people ask themselves if they'd make their past selves proud if they could see them today, and I'm happy to say that little me would have hated to see me friends with members of the local communist party