This is a Rorschach test. Because the path to restoring US democracy, is if you can understand and appreciate Romney's position here. Actual fiscal republicans, do NOT support this post-capitalist oligarchy mess that is happening right now. I know, because I grew up as one, and was even a Romney supporter. That position was tenable because for many decades the American dream *mostly* existed in-tact, and you could work hard and get ahead. We wrongly call what we see today "capitalism" but, real capitalism requires: -Letting big corrupt businesses fail -Letting labor join together in unions -Providing fundamental safety nets -Actual opportunity to get ahead -An earning rate that is reasonable to the cost of living -An earning rate that can cover the cost of debt you accumulate in growing into that role When we have decades of corrupt, anti-competitive practices, that enable maximum value extraction, bailout bad business, and crush opportunity, we create a K-shaped market that is NOT capitalism. The American dream has steadily slipped away, but it crumbled in this last decade - and the economic reality is dramatically different than when Romney ran for President. And we've solidified these exploits, loopholes and preferential treatments into US tax law in a way that serves lobbyists, rather than the system itself. The system can no longer self-regulate, and it must be through a government re-calibration that we correct this. It is a fallacy that true, small-government, fiscal Republicans don't want social programs or government involvement. We just think these programs should be: -Only when necessary -Impactful enough that they fix the problem rather than partial solutions And any honest Republican, Moderate, or Independent, can see that right now. That is why "Tax the Rich" is a reasonable, agreeable and even *POPULAR* statement, even to someone like Romney. BUT, this is why MAGA Republicans are so hell bent on promoting culture war: -BECAUSE THEY CANNOT WIN ON AFFORDABILITY AND TAX. The American people are fed up. A massive tent agrees: -Tax the rich -Close the loopholes -Fix the programs -Restore competition -Restore labor practices Things that people spent decades trying to brand as attacks on capitalism, are capitalist values. If the DNC wants a President who can restore normalcy to the executive, and a messaging that shows the American people we are more alike than we are different then its this: -Tax the Rich. Avoid the culture war. Avoid other issues. This election is about restoring the affordability, and fairness of the American dream. This is about fixing our broken capitalist system, into one that embodies the *real* capitalism of the 1970s, that brought us strong unions, strong wages, and work life balance. Because everyone who isn't a bootlicking MAGA pleb, agrees with the sentiment "Fuck the Oligarchs!" If Dems reject this message, because of people like Romney, rather than realizing this is the biggest tent issue in American history, that is how we win an election but lose a war. Because rejection of the middle here, just means we will continue to pendulum back and forth between extremes. @AOC and @MittRomney are two very different people, with two very different views on which policies take our country in the right direction. But they share two things: 1) A true desire to do good by people. & 2) An understanding that American capitalism succeeds when we make the rich pay their fair share. And when you can put those two people in the same tent - it would be foolish to not focus on that messaging.(Adam Cochran (adamscochran.eth))