I guess my perspective is that all that these revealed preferences show is that people prefer to maintain their social status (benefit accrues to them personally) rather than support an unpopular change that is extremely unlikely to happen and where their support is extremely unlikely to make a difference (benefits are distributed).
So even if I accept this method of finding truth, it actually shows less than it might appear at first glance.
I guess my perspective is that all that these revealed preferences show is that people prefer to maintain their social status (benefit accrues to them personally) rather than support an unpopular change that is extremely unlikely to happen and where their support is extremely unlikely to make a difference (benefits are distributed).
So even if I accept this method of finding truth, it actually shows less than it might appear at first glance.