Raised in a conservative religious home, so was pretty anti choice, anti gay into adulthood, stuff like that. However, I was only allowed to watch PBS until my teens, so I ended up caring about nature and the environment and stuff, which was kind of the wedge that would eventually weaken my commitment to conservatism. I wasnt too political though, only really cared about abortion and the environment. I became a lot less invested politically when I first saw the graph showing the complete disconnect between Congress actions and public opinion, i reasoned it was all pointless and undemocratic. The system was completely driven by monied interests. A few months later I heard about Bernie Sanders, who i heard was running to end citizens united, kind of a perfect storm for me. bla bla bla, 2016, bla bla bla, 2020 and now I’m vaguely leftist, probably a ML based on what I do understand but yeah too lazy to actually read.