It was suggested that I should answer this question presented by FEE.org.
“My mother and father sparked my interest in Liberty…
…I’m profoundly grateful that I never even needed a spark – I was born within the flames of Liberty, and I’ve been trying to warm the world ever since.”
Read more at FEE.org.
AVENS OBRIEN 
It all started with a dive into the Miligram experiment on wikipedia, which then ballooned to the Tuskegee Sylphills experiment and others. The coal wars also featured somewhere in there. I was a big government liberal before I started reading… I don’t think I can ever trust the government ever again.