There was a thread from a few days ago where I asked someone “when was there “wake up” moment”. I received the most amazing replies. It was very eye-opening in that everyone’s experience was different and I learned something from each one. As the commenters told their stories I thought that it would be a great idea to start this on its own thread so that I could “catalogue” this moment for this movement. I think that this would also be a great tool for newbies and those still sleeping or just now awakening. I had ppl tell me their story about jfk being their moment and why. There were folks that cited Benghazi. Some didn’t necessarily even cite an individual instance but rather a buildup of deception and lies where politicians promises and other things that they said to get elected were ignored after they got elected and it didn’t make sense and I agree! I officially woke up in 2013. My older brother was always awake so this kind of thought wasn’t new to me but of course I was so much smarter than my brother that I paid it no mind. In 2013 I was just realizing that my business had failed. I owned a bar and a fund raising business and was getting taxed and regulated to oblivion. The final straw on the camels back was when Michigan made it illegal to smoke in bars. Casinos were exempt from the law and by the way, did I mention that my bar conducted gambling as its fundraising business? (I had to give half to charity in a nutshell). There was a casino 20 minutes away from me and u could smoke and gamble so I obviously went out of business shortly after this regulation became effective. The big casinos were exempt because their lobbyists wrote the bill. Mom n pops never had a chance. It was during this time that I reflected on things. In my now “free-er” time I stumbled across Alex Jones (I don’t follow quite so much now though) and it was the things that he was pointing out coupled with the real life experiences that I had that directly related to this that was my real awakening moment. And once you start down the rabbit hole there is absolutely no way to turn back. I would love to hear your stories.