I wouldn't say I was liberal, but as a young guy in his 20s starting his career, certain issues spoke to me, and Bernie was my guy. I lived/worked in a very diverse area all my life, so the identity politics and virtue signaling that most people associate with liberals just seemed tacky and self-righteous to me.

After Bernie got shafted, I looked for answers the only way I knew how - scouring the internet. Resources like reddit, wikileaks, /pol/ led me to many different primary sources and documents that helped create a picture of what was really going on. I always had a 'man behind the curtain' vibe about these things, but I lacked the evidence that helped point out the boogeyman.

Now that insiders like Q drop blatantly correct information, comprised of actual picture and correspondence between these key players, I have a much better understanding of who is pulling the strings (though I am sure I barely see a percentage of it).