I think that a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwing but it didnt make enough sense to be. Host when did the transformation occur . Guest i just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the Hoover Institution that is acting as called why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and it is a long story and i will not tell it that i will give the short version. I was a radical leftist 150 a week was a lot of money as far as i was concerned in the Lower East Side and i was very broke. We got paid every two weeks. I was really looking forward to the 300 so was my landlord. I got my first paycheck at 78 or Something Like that. After federal tax and estate tax and the city tax and social security, health care, Retirement Funds i said wait a minute, wait a minute, ive been advocating socialism, communism for years screaming and yelling down the street and we already have it. They just took half my pay. Whats going on here. Im not rockefeller. Th
What were your politics in 1971 . I think a martian left would be the easiest way to sum it up. I was a leftwinger, but i didnt make enough sense to actually be a communist or a trotskyite or anything. When did the transformation occur . It was gradual. I just wrote about this. There is a book coming out from the huber institution is backing this. Edited by Mary Eberstadt called why i turned right and its the story of a bunch of us and why we became right and it is a long story and i wont tell it but ill give the shortversion. I was a radical leftist. Very much in favor of some sort of marcus socialist thing in america. I got a job. I got a job paying hundred 50 a week. I was a messenger in new york , hundred 50 in new york a week was a lot of money as far as i wasconcerned, i was on the Lower East Side and i was very broke. We got paid every two weeks and i was lookingforward to that 300 bucks. And so was my landlord i may say. And my drug dealer. And a number of other people and i go
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