What made you become libertarian?

[MrBogosity]

Me? Watching the anti-war movement suddenly disappear after Obama was elected.

Okay, since no one else is going to ask it, I will:

What does R.E.H.W.R. stand for?

[R.E.H.W.R.]

Okay, since no one else is going to ask it, I will:

What does R.E.H.W.R. stand for?

The First three are initials of my name, the other two are families I've been in.
I'm not very good at making up names.

That was the hardest part for me in English class.

[ebalosus]

I'd say I became a Libertarian after becoming completely disillusioned with how the government did things. I have always been a strong individualist, but was somewhat supportive of government programs, because at the time I didn't thing the alternatives were any better.

Like with LordTHawkeye, I think it was P & T Bullshit that opened my mind to libertarianism, though I was still somewhat sceptical. It wasn't until I got some excellent explanations in libertarian thought from Shane's videos that I started to embrace libertarianism.

[R.E.H.W.R.]

I'd say I became a Libertarian after becoming completely disillusioned with how the government did things. I have always been a strong individualist, but was somewhat supportive of government programs, because at the time I didn't thing the alternatives were any better.

Like with LordTHawkeye, I think it was P & T Bullshit that opened my mind to libertarianism, though I was still somewhat sceptical. It wasn't until I got some excellent explanations in libertarian thought from Shane's videos that I started to embrace libertarianism.

Good work, Shane!

[tnu]

Mine was a fairly lengthy development. I've always had a problem with authority figures from day one. Even when I was a child I fought authorities on nearly everything. I was also raised by a Democrat mom and a Republican dad. Heck, the first time I went to an election (04 I think. some "Kids pick the president" thing). I noticed Harry Brown on the ballot dad told me not to vote for him and me, being merely a child at the time. Just went along with that and voted Bush because why not? My next significant moment of realization was in high school about my senior year. I expected the US history class to be the same "cherry tree, whites were jerks to natives, slavery, etc etc." But I was pleasantly surprised when my teacher regaled me with tales of the constitution, of Thomas Jefferson's staunch anti-federalism counter to John Adams. Of the ever growing conflict between the southern agricultural society and the northern industrialists that grew more intricate over decades until the Civil War broke out over such a large number of factors that we were never told of. Of the idea that FDR's "New Deal" may have caused more problems then it solved. Around the same time I discovered TV Tropes (Which I'm now permabanned from and hate those bastards for the way they treated me, long story.) while browsing their page on Fallout: New Vegas. I stumbled across the Nolan Chart. When I realized that there was a party that seemed like the perfect blend of liberalism end conservatism to reconcile the beliefs of my parents I had to know more. I used to be pretty moderate left-libertarian until I discovered a little video on YouTube while researching called "Are you a libertarian?" by shanedk. I started listening to his constitutional lectures and thus became a very hardcore minarchist. I stated watching Penn and Teller and a whole host of other things. I was curious about anarchism from the very moment I started watching laughingman0x's work (which I got to through Shane's response to one of his videos). But I didn't take much stock in it and at the time felt it was too extreme. Then I watched Shane's video "The social contract and, is libertarianism feudalism?" Since these claims were a nigh-constant source of frustration for me in arguments. In which he gave a nod to a lordhawkeye I figured this guy was worth a look since I respected Shane quite a bit so I thought I'd give him a listen. After hearing his rather thorough debunking of all forms of statism including minarchism I finally made the step towards anarchism.

[Skm1091]

I was a stanch Obama supporter and a liberal at one point. However I felt really betrayed after all the promises he broke, even when the democrats had the majority in the house and the senate. I was not old enough to vote then, however I did give Obama my support. I became politically apathetic until I watched a "Peter Schiff was right" video, and saw a video of Ron Paul showing his consistent voting record etc. From there I began to research more about libertarianism. I read what economists have to say about the causes of the great depression and found what I have been told was a mistake, I watched a lot of John Stossel's videos on subjects like the drug war, capitalism, gun control etc . That is how I ran into Shane's channel and that's how I then became a libertarian.