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>>7463960

ex leftist here. used to read and listen to Chomsky, David Harvey, Zizek (still like this guy, even more now) Naomi Klein etc and watch all the liberal talk show guys like Maher and Stewart. Subscribed to the Militant newspaper too. Voted for Obama twice and considered myself far left for almost 10 years. Supported Bernie when he started running.

Now I have been drifting right for years, slowly on this issue and that, but to be honest, Ive found the left to be very stifling, even at my most extreme. I dont want to wade too deep into my political evolution, but I will say that the more you listen and learn about liberalism, the more you start to realize that liberals are in a crisis of ideology--- that progressivism has reached somewhat of a dead end (Zizek even suggested that if none of the countless solutions work, maybe it's time to start rethinking the problem).

That is the short version. I started rethinking the problem. I sifted and mined through the bullshit mass media consumerist "be yourself" propaganda, became very depressed, read a lot of Kafka (related to his being lost in a world too massive and alienating to comprehend) became more depressed, read Cioran, wanted to die, but then I finally started to realize that it may not have to be like this. i woke up. Ive recently even opened mind to what are traditionally known as post-war no-nos. Reactionary politics including elements of nativism, nationalism, monarchism and yes even fascism (Zizek hinted in his film that a broad rejection of even Nazism was essentially counter productive)

A nationalistic, strong president like Trump may be radical enough to help stimulate a stagnant political atmosphere where "starting a dialogue" is so often the only form of political action that it has become a useless cliche in and of itself. Plus he utterly pisses off everyone I know so thats good too.