A major regret (and failing) is that I got sucked into the realm of political commentators, on Xitter, Threads, BlueSky, etc., who pretended to know the trends among American voters, when in fact they were conjuring up their own reality and had little idea how people outside their world think. I spent many hours and weeks and months in that fantasy world, not realizing the depth of racism, misogyny, hate, and also ignorance and lack of seriousness that characterize much of American society.