In essence, class war. Article is from 2020, so it is slightly out of date, but still very applicable...
I see this dynamic every day. In Australia, it even goes down to what music you listen to.
Midnight Oil = faux "Strayan" music with a "working class aesthetic" and extremely preachy lyrics, made by upper middle class private school boys (I've met them. Trust me, they're not working class).
Cold Chisel/ACDC = actual working class music, made by actual working class men (Barnesy is no longer working class. He writes children's books now. But the point still stands), and actually listened to by "the everyman" in pubs with beer they can actually afford to drink...
See also: Australian "punk" listened to by hipsters (Dune Rats, Chats, Soho) vs shit that everyone can actually enjoy, which is... Rarely anything released in the last decade.
More broadly, though - if you go out to a normal vs "hipster" pub or bar here, in NZ, France (yes, really), Ireland or in the UK (I realise the US and Canada are different), you will see this within five minutes...
These people exist in totally different worlds, and I think "insiders vs outsiders" captures this dynamic pretty damn well, to be honest...
Original: https://unherd.com/2020/02/todays-liberals-dream-of-a-workerless-paradise/
In essence, class war. Article is from 2020, so it is slightly out of date, but still very applicable...
I see this dynamic every day. In Australia, it even goes down to what music you listen to.
Midnight Oil = faux "Strayan" music with a "working class aesthetic" and extremely preachy lyrics, made by upper middle class private school boys (I've met them. Trust me, they're not working class).
Cold Chisel/ACDC = actual working class music, made by actual working class men (Barnesy is no longer working class. He writes children's books now. But the point still stands), and actually listened to by "the everyman" in pubs with beer they can actually afford to drink...
See also: Australian "punk" listened to by hipsters (Dune Rats, Chats, Soho) vs shit that everyone can actually enjoy, which is... Rarely anything released in the last decade.
More broadly, though - if you go out to a normal vs "hipster" pub or bar here, in NZ, France (yes, really), Ireland or in the UK (I realise the US and Canada are different), you will see this within five minutes...
These people exist in totally different worlds, and I think "insiders vs outsiders" captures this dynamic pretty damn well, to be honest...