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From: mms1646@acf4.UUCP (Michael M. Sykora)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Yuppies
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Date: Sat, 20-Apr-85 10:53:00 EST
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Posted: Sat Apr 20 10:53:00 1985
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>/* bob@cadovax.UUCP (Bob "Kat" Kaplan) / 12:47 pm  Apr 17, 1985 */

>I hear a lot of people talking about Yuppies in a general sense but rarely
>mentioning anything particular.  It seems all we know about them is that
>they buy Volvos, vote in their own best interests, and lack all historical
>perspective.
>
>But aside from supporting the Swedish auto industry and electing Ronald
>Reagan, the the ways of the Yuppies are a mystery to many of us.
>
>The interesting thing is that Yuppies are generally spoken of disparagingly
>(on this net and elsewhere) but I never hear any Yuppies defending themselves.
>This leads me to ask whether Yuppies really exist, or are they just another
>media creation?
>

As far as I can tell, the term is used in at least two ways:

	1) Yuppies are a shallow bunch of conformists who are only 
		interested in material things, eating fashionable
		foods, keeping up with the Jones', etc.

	2) Yuppies are the first large group to reject the
		superstitious notion that there is something inherently
		wrong with being primarily interested in one's
		own goals, rather than those fo parents, religion,
		society, humanity, etc.



Incidentally, I know many that fit into each of these categories.

						Michael Sykora