Class signaling via Apple products

[firecat]

"A Macbook Pro is just as much of a status marker as a Louis Vuitton purse or a BMW."

I recoil at the notion because I think Vuitton purses and BMWs signal a different class than ones I identify with. (At least I tend to have prejudices about people who have those things—I'll assume "not like me" unless I get evidence to the contrary.) But I do think that, in California at least, there's a class I might call "hi-tech professionals" and having Mac products can signal identification with it.

FWIW, I think I'm kind of clueless about class.

Anyway, it's interesting to contemplate. What do you think?

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[dr-brat.livejournal.com]

Which struck me as strange until I, given that there is a greater division of income now than ever. But then I remembered how much debt many people incur in order to access those luxury goods. It's a strange world we live in.

[firecat]

But then I remembered how much debt many people incur in order to access those luxury goods.

True. Some of the debt is in service of maintaining a lifestyle suitable to one's profession or the class one aspires to.