My political history is fraught with change. My first conclusions, as a high school kid in the 90s, led me to the idea that less government is better. I listened to and read Rush Limbaugh, I cheered the new republican majority in 94 with my conservative Business Law (high school) teacher, and I argued in an arrogant me first, richer is better type of manner.
As I went through high school, I discovered the Beatles, then the Grateful Dead. At the same time opened my life to mind-expanding experimentation of various sorts. I read 60's revolutionary literature and transcendentalists, and the new testament.
As my empathy senses grew, I started to see the shortcomings in my thinking. I started to notice that the conservatives in Washington preached about small government and keeping government out of my life. They preached about being Christians and using these ideals to guide them. But then in reality they were mean-spirited and hypocritical. They pursued policies that created more wars and enhanced the worst facets of consumerist society. They pushed a drug war that creates criminals out of people who want to experiment with their most personal asset - their consciousness.
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