Just heard about this website today on Anarchast and figured I'd give it a try. Seems pretty great so far and I have yet to fully explore everything it has to offer.
I've been an anarchist since mid 2013 when I went down the rabbit hole starting with what I think most people did which is Ron Paul. The highschool I attended had an election for the 2012 presidential year and I was put into the "Independent" which really meant we had to make banners and other nonsense not run a third party candidate which is what I though it was going to be. Imagine that, I know haha, even in highschool they only allowed Obama and Romney on the ballot. Turns out the ballots where electronic only and hence there was no write in option so I ended up the only one in my senior class that didn't vote in the mock election. Well I suppose all elections are just mock elections but you get the point. This was just the beginning of my journey to where I am today.
Got my hands on a copy Ron Pauls "Liberty Defined" and End the Fed" and went from there. After highschool I decided to delve to the bottom of this thing called liberty and get to the real meanings and how to achieve it. I started watching youtubers like Stefan Molyneux, Adam Kokesh and Larken Rose who I accredit where I am today to quite a lot.
I started reading literally any anarchist related literature I came across including some more communist styled writings which I backed away from but I thought I'd at least give them a look because why not? Rothbard, of course, was one of the main authors I really got into and I found out about the Mises Institute and became even more intrigued. Over time I've greatly evolved my thought processes on literally everything from government to science to philosophy and everything in between. As with all intelligent being I am constantly morphing my views of the world as new evidence, claims and ideas approach.
I tried to condense this as much as possible to just give a brief summary of how I came to be an anarchist.
And now for a bit more about me:
I'm 21 years of age and currently reside in the little town of Kinsman, Ohio. I am currently working to become a film producer and am constantly working towards my dreams and goals. I am an atheist but I don't like identifying as one because these days atheists are usually leftists which, being an anarchist, I want NO part of. The whole state backed science thing is a problem too and it just ends up a confused mess. Currently I write for a couple websites already which is one of the reasons I joined here that and I just enjoy writing in the first place. This is just and intro to me and my blogs will be about a wide range of subjects not limited to just anarchy, movies, daily activities etc. Hope you all enjoyed reading this and I look forward to meeting many new people through this brand new site.
-Brandon Cutlip
I didn't realize you were so new when I mentioned you in the following post:
https://steemit.com/anarchy/@dwinblood/new-people-saying-i-don-t-know-much-about-anarchy-you-have-made-me-curious
Also FYI - the weekends are slower here at the moment (still in beta) than week days and your posts do better if you include some images.
Welcome ot steemit.