My parents brainwashed me with their political views, I am so angry?

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Marty

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Even though my parents both came from good familes and had reasonable jobs, they were socialists and brainwashed me and my siblings throughout our childhood with their left wing views. My father comes from a rich family and went to top private school, but he is shy and quiet, and didn't go into a highly paid career like his parents wanted him to. He moved away from London to a rough working class town and worked as a teacher, like my mum, so I basically grew up in a rough environment with 2 left wing socialists ramming their views down my throat and brainwashing me.

When I went to uni I annoyed everyone with the left wing views I had inherited. I pushed people that I thought were "posh" away from me, including attractive girls, just like a good socialist would. I left uni and got a job in a council office like a good socialist, but I hated it, the people were rough and thought I was posh because of my degree. I then got very depressed and went travelling and doing odd jobs trying to find myself and work things out. I had to go through everything, the twisted way I had viewed the world and people, especially people from middle class backgrounds that I was taught to despise, and to whom I had been horrible, it was very painful.
Now 10 years later I work for a private company and my political views are liberal, even towards the tories.
I have huge resentment for the way my parents brainwashed me, I blame them for the stupid way I behaved at university and for the huge problems I had trying to get a career and a life together. I think about the girls I pushed away back then because they were "posh", and I cringe.
My sister still has left wing views and so does my brother and I despair at them.
I also still have anger towards my parents.
Can someone give me some advice about what to do.
In the UK Labour is on the left, liberal is in the middle, and the tories are on the right
 
yes my advice, stop blaming your parents and blame your self
you had a brain, you had eyes and ears yet you chose to take up some-one else s views rather than make your own or judge for your self
at uni you was an adult not a little boy if you did not fit in then that is hard cheese.
my parents had their views and i was aware of them but i did not adopt them for my self i understood at a young age the world they lived in was not the same as mine, my dad went to a school where there was maybe 3-4 none white people in all of his school, i went to a school where 50% was none white so growing up made friends with people from all walks of life, so you can understand my views on none white people are not the same as my dads
 
brainwashing is an over used exaggeration, because if you had been you would NEVER have changed your views, and that you have is fine, but now you seem to think that the pressure your parents put on you as a child, you should be allowed to put on your siblings. and that is your problem and not how you were raised. Be content in who you are and what you believe, and let others do the same.
 
Let go of your anger you have made it through the hard times and you should be happy about that. Your parents probably thought their view was the best and that's why they imposed it on you. Now that you have known the truth tell your brothers and sisters so that they don't experience the bitter experience you had. As for the girls you would still find good girls even better ones or better still you may meet the ones you thought you had lost. Keep your head up and be happy. Life is too short to hold on to bitter past experiences.
 
its not your parents fault for "brainwashing you," i assume they genuinely believe in what they say. politics and family is one of the worst combinations ever. there is no winning here. the best thing to do is avoid, avoid, avoid! don't avoid your family but try to avoid the topic of politics. and if politics is a big deal for your family, try just maybe changing the subject to more enjoyable things, like "hey remember the time 'jessica' tripped and fell." Just remember if your parents are socialist, thats what they believe. in some cases it would be a lot like telling someone that their religion is completely ridiculous.

whatever you do, just remember its a very sensitive subject, and they didn't intentionally mean to do this to you, its just what they believe.
 
Good luck with the Trolling....

You do realize that saying you your political views are liberal is the SAME as left wing views right? You may want to right something that makes sense if you are trying to get people worked up.
 
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