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Totally agree. I don't understand what the mechanism of values "trickling down" is meant to be. In my experience, none of the people "downstream" care or are ev
by sanderjd 5y ago
Totally agree. I don't understand what the mechanism of values "trickling down" is meant to be. In my experience, none of the people "downstream" care or are even at all aware of what the "upstream" elites think. Like, is the claim really that the deadbeat dad in his 30s mentioned in the OP got his values from an academic seminar on family formation? It's incoherent...
- gilmore606 5y agoThe people downstream watch hours of TV shows and internet media every day, most of which is created by people with elite-aspirational values. They also receive the clear message that these values are elite values. This is how values trickle down.
- sanderjd 5y agoSo the claim is that popular TV shows reflect this particular strain of (supposed) elite values? Can you point me to some examples? > They also receive the clear message that these values are elite values. How do they receive that message, exactly?