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1) rebellious teenagers no doubt always want to establish independence, but they haven't always done it this way, so that can't be the explanation. 2) if there
by rossdavidh 7y ago
1) rebellious teenagers no doubt always want to establish independence, but they haven't always done it this way, so that can't be the explanation.
2) if there is any place on Earth where you should not have to pretend to be poor in order to have friends, it would be the Ivy League. Also, again, if this were the explanation it would always have been this way.
- selimthegrim 7y agoTeenage rebellion is not a universal, it tends to be found in the so called WEIRD countries the most
- rossdavidh 7y agoPerhaps (though I've seen disputes of that), but since we're talking about a Western, Educated, Industrialized, Rich, Democracy country's history, it still is not an explanation for why this generation's elite's children would be pretending they're poor, instead of showing off their status with conspicuous consumption (as many previous generations have).