I was raised in a mostly secular, but relatively conservative household in a liberal state and attended a "highly ranked" public school district which essentially indoctrinated me with postmodern statist philosophy. (Though this wasn't as bad in the 90s as it seems to be now.)
After getting a bachelor's and master's degree I was essentially melded into what I would now call a socialist, but I didn't see it that way. I continued to have disagreements with people who were overtly statist, communist, or libertarian until I began to understand Bitcoin.
Understanding Bitcoin forced me to rationalize my assumptions about politics, economics, and society at large. In the process I began to see lies and half truths interwoven into everything I'd ever learned. At that point I began to swing heavily to the right and I became engrossed with fundamentalist religious structures.
In retrospect, this was a natural response to realizing the harm of extreme moral relativism which stems from postmodern philosophy. However, I couldn't remain at the traditional mode of existence.
Because I witnessed the oppression caused by black and white thinking. It was hindering individual self expression, honesty, and truth... so I was flung back into the realm of uncertainty.
Now I am acknowledging the importance of the traditional, modern, and postmodern perspectives, but also realizing none is complete on it's own.
Integral Theory has served me well in this process:
