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http://youarenotsosmart.com/2010/04/12/selling-out/

This is an interesting article about this phenomenon.

"Having a dissenting opinion on movies, music or clothes, or owning clever or obscure possessions is the way middle-class people fight each other for status. They can’t out-consume each other because they can’t afford it, but they can out-taste each other."