They ARE different. These libertarian types will argue with you till their faces turn blue. Hang a political notion off your fish hook and it's child's play to get them to bite. It's a matter of pride with them that they will ignore no argument and they imagine that they possess a "logical" rebuttal for every anti-Randite "fallacy." Once engaged, it is at least possible to bring them around to your point of view on specific issues.
Whereas lots of ordinary workers, including many of these Walmart clerks of yours (who, you'd think, would at least hazily understand that their interests are directly opposed to the interests of the investing class), they simply blow you off when you try to discuss political issues with them - they don't want to hear it at all. Then later on they vote for a right-winger because that candidate promises them vague improvements in "public morality," or because the candidate dresses well, or because, due to big-budget TV ads like the Willie Horton one or the black hands one, they associate his opponent with those minority groups they so despise. How do you get through to these spoprts fans who refuse to listen to a word you say?
Yours WDK - WKiernan at concentric.net