Talk:Prole drift

I wonder if Paul Fussell meant "prolitarian" or just "prole" as in 1984. Labodeng (talk) 15:12, 14 February 2009 (UTC)

prole drift is not bi-directional, as this article implies
Prole drift, as defined by Fussell in the one reference cited by this article, is not bi-directional, as the article implies. Prole drift is the tendency for higher classes to adopt the products and lifestyles of the lower classes, or more specifically, the tendency of the middle class to adopt the products and lifestyles of the three classes that Fussell identifies as "prole" (lower prole, middle prole, upper prole). Examples of this would be the increasing adoption of tattoos, which were formerly worn in civilian society only by prisoners and gang members, among middle-class teenagers.

The article's examples of "reverse prole drift" (apparently an invention of the article's author, since Fussell never discusses such a concept) are actually examples of prole drift. Furthermore these examples are unclear, since the author fails to indicate who is adopting these lower-class items (the example would be clear if it specified that hip hop, Rockabilly and NASCAR were being adopted increasingly by middle class people).

This article should be rewritten. —Preceding unsigned comment added by DaveZiffer (talk • contribs) 15:47, 10 August 2010 (UTC)