The saddest part of the book is his "Class X" concept. Didn't really work out like he hoped. Just became another flavor of upper-middle or middle (which you regard at is probably depends on how much you dislike them, I'd suppose--for context, I'd take this mutated, absorbed-into-the-system "class" to include SV-dominated tech culture, or at least what it thinks it is and/or is trying to present as)
Book's a ton of fun. Recognizing the elements of one's own class roots, reflected in Fussell's mirror, if you will, is entertaining. Fascinating tool for analyzing (sorry to bring him up, but, it's really interesting) Trump & family's, uh, fashion and decorating preferences.
[EDIT] And on actually reading TFA, Scott notices and covers all of this, because of course he does. There's a reason I like his stuff.
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