Well, I was living in Europe 50 years ago, and looking at America, and seeing the greatest most free nation on Earth. I thought, how can we bring it down to Socialist Europe's level.

Then like an explosion of soy sauce, it came to me! Progressive Socialism is the one common denominator in the rest of Europe's inferior economies, gun confiscations, and freedoms. You might ask why would I want to see a failed ideology introduced to America.

One word.... jealousy!

We European's have always felt insecure over our lack of drive (thanks to our socialist policies punishing success). We expected America to police the world since we had no money to create a strong military, and therefore refused to do our share.

So I thought, rather than emulating the great success of Capitalism, smaller Government, and freedom, we should become a political Progressive force in the US, destroying their work ethic and family structure.

We had to make able bodied Americans believe they were entitled to tax payer's hard earned money, and to believe that their condition in life is not their fault. We had to make those successful Americans, creating all those jobs, the enemy.

We had to make LGBT activist groups a political force to tear apart the fabric of their strong families. We wanted people to look to Government for help, not God and family.

You ask me what made me a Leftist? A peasant mentality, lack of pride, but still an insecure narcissistic arrogance that my way was the right way, regardless the facts.

Wow, look at how many downvotes FromWithin has. There must be a lot of triggered leftists on this forum.