e food. Among upper-middles theres a general belief that sliced bread is, ipso facto, horrible, although some allowance may be made for brands pledging a degree of archaism, like Arnolds Brick Oven or Pepperidge Farm.(102)Of course it has to be known that there are exceptions, the competition for popularity in advertising, and throughout the homes of these classy people. Even such things as the drinks whether it be alcoholic, or just a soft drink matters. The sports a certain person plays can also determine their class, and are competed for. What were the more popular sports that would be the one to play? Whatever recreation was popular this is what would be competed for.Because its the most expensive, yachting beats all other recreations as a theater for upper-status exhibition.(112)Fussel begins to compare the boat to a car, saying a Chris-Craft is equivalent of a Mercedes. Still one sees the competition for a name, anything to show your class.Next comes the competition of which class is smarter. The better university one is associated with has all to do with how much class they have. The lust of all classes to acquire status by attaching themselves to universities, learned societies, science, and the like- anything but commerce and manufacturing and marketing- can be seen in the way, for example, the Morgan Library attracts contributors of money by designating them not Donors or Benefactors, but Fellows.(128)This here says just how much it mattered to have some association to a university of high standings. Who came from the best? Whoever was considered to be the smarter class.These are all examples from Fussel which all can be associated with the conflict theory. All the competition for class, with garages, to cars, televisions, the sports you played, and how you serve your food, and the university which one came from. All of these are actually scarce resources if one thinks about it. Education, food, supplies, all whi...
