Are hipsters the new aristocracy? | ASI paper "The New Aristocrats" features on the Spectator
The ASI paper "The New Aristocrats", has been featured in the Spectator Coffee House:
In the absence of more obvious class indicators, political views now project status more than ever before. This is the subject of an interesting new paper by Ryan Murphy for the Adam Smith Institute, which suggests that hipsters are a sort of new aristocracy. It looks at hipster fashion for ‘authenticity’ and opposition to mass production, and suggests it is part of a new elitism.