What could falsify this hypothesis? I feel like I can tell just-so stories about the all-consuming importance of elite status in the post-war United States that

What could falsify this hypothesis? I feel like I can tell just-so stories about the all-consuming importance of elite status in the post-war United States that are just as shocking and compelling as what is written here. Did you know people used to smoke cigarettes to look cool and keep their weight down? That men working in white-collar jobs wore suits to work to distinguish themselves from the lower-classes (hence the name "white-collar")?