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Is this motivated by environmentalism or is this about class?
by 75w 3y ago
Is this motivated by environmentalism or is this about class?
- detritus 3y agoClass... is a tricky definition here in the UK. For instance, the richest person I will ever know drives a crappy wee Japanese hatchback, whilst SUVs are often high-monthly fee status symbols for people who could spend their money 'better' elsewise. shrug
- johndunne 3y agoI'm in my 40's and the number of my friends who've done exactly that. We have the friends who spend their disposable on status and the friends who spend their disposable on Holidays (I'm vaca-class).
- Holocene 3y agoI think you actually mean - you have friends who derive status by spending their disposal income on cars, and friends who derive status by spending their disposable income on exotic holidays! (I'm posting this from an exotic holiday in the Indian Ocean, my cousin lives in Essex and has a hire-purchase SUV.)
- mft_ 3y agoOld money vs. new money, etc.
- krona 3y agoThis is the Guardian so it's definitely about resentment of one form or another.
- walthamstow 3y agoClass is not easy to nail down in the UK. The high-income white people in my area of London ride bicycles
- 75w 3y agoMy meaning is the people who seem so angry about this tend to be ‘well educated’ middle class people jealous of working class people having a flashy lifestyle.