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by adolph 1737 days ago
My guess is that pretty much everyone has misconceptions about the experiences of everyday working folk in that the working non-elite are populous and diverse. The key observation is if their mental models are helpful and for who.
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I was with well off people that were still humans. The Romney’s I was with, I’m really not sure.

If there was a conservative thought between any of them I didn’t hear it. Nor did I hear anything that I would have described as a “good take” on any thing, like if he were to suggest something on topic X, that neither proponents nor opponents of X would consider the idea valid. In a two hours, I don’t imagine I heard a single honest heartfelt conviction.

Without giving up enough to ID me to anyone at any time in the future, I can say this… the world would burn if the Romney’s were in charge.