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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by thebooktocome on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:13AM (#34609920)
> People don’t try to fake having low cultural status.

They do. One of the most successful directors of all time built his career telling stories about faking low cultural status.

Perhaps that’s too abstract. But if people don’t fake low culture, then what is Hillbilly Elegy?

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Re:Do We Live in a Society Without a Counterculture? by YurgenJurgensen on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @08:31AM (#34610123)
That's faking low financial or political status in order to obtain cultural status. If the rich and powerful are generally hated, you don't become popular by flaunting your wealth but by distancing yourself from it.
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