The addition of Paul Ryan to the Republican presidential ticket places the feet of the Republican party firmly in hierarchy-conservator concrete. They are making their stance even more obvious, in case anyone was questioning.
Both Romney and Ryan have made statements that are typical of people on the top of hierarchies, who believe they have what they have because they have worked harder than other people whom they have placed lower on their hierarchies. Romney and Ryan cannot see the contributions of other people – a primary reason why people at the top of hierarchies are so clueless.
Eugene Robinson's article describes this as: "little people don’t contribute and don’t count."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/romney-and-ryan-are-overlooking-the-underclass/2012/08/13/63e917ea-e579-11e1-8f62-58260e3940a0_story.ht