“I definitely had to come terms with the fact that there was this other half of America I had hardly seen.”
The left almost entirely ignores the states. That is their greatest weakness IMHO.
The coastal elites have been completely out of touch with the rest of America for decades. Some are oblivious of anything outside their insulated bubble.
I traveled the world since the late 70's and lived overseas several times. After I left the Air Force, I flew corporate bizjets for these elites and top business people for 15 years before retiring. They spoke freely in my presence as you would around a limo driver, waiter, maid or piece of furniture. We were just background material.
Outside the business passengers, many of my passengers were from NYC or The Hamptons traveling to their summer or winter homes as the seasons suited them. Dynastic wealth types--3rd or 4th generation money. From what I heard in those 15 years, their vision of people outside Manhattan or The Hamptons was a TV image of The Beverly Hillbillies or Green Acres.
When they traveled to Aspen, West Palm Beach or to their island retreats, they remained insulated among their own.
I would be dumbstruck if any of these types enter into any kind of introspection. Their smug, sneering contempt of flyover country is just too embedded. And certainly, no one who works for them would dare offer a peep of different insight. You'd have more success trying to teach a cat how to write with a pencil.
