History Main / BourgeoisBohemian

A favorite [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] of conservatives, including some bourgeois conservatives who hypocritically exploit this type of character to [[DontShootTheMessage discredit bohemianism or progressivism, or both]]. In the United States, the Democratic party is said to have these fellows as its main figureheads and financial contributors, if not necessarily its rank and file, hence "elitist" and "latte liberal" (and, briefly, [[ItMakesSenseInContext "arugula"]]) as the new favorite buzzwords of the Republicans. "Champagne socialist" is the British equivalent, as [[ValuesDissonance the North American definition of "liberal" is actually closer to "socialist" than to what it means in Europe]]. (Ironically, these types of epithets were originally coined by [[PretenderDiss hardcore leftists mocking their bourgeois copycats]], only to be later co-opted by conservatives as the conservative movement took on a more populist flavor.)

* Not quite TruthInTelevision, as sociological studies have shown that lower-class people who come into wealth later in their lives often become conservative, at least on fiscal matters. The tolerant attitudes toward "sinful" behavior, however, are very much in evidence. These people are more accurately described as "Rockefeller Republicans," or sometimes "Mods" (short for "moderate").

A favorite [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] of conservatives, including some bourgeois conservatives who hypocritically exploit this type of character to [[DontShootTheMessage discredit bohemianism or progressivism, or both]]. In the United States, the Democratic party is said to have these fellows as its main figureheads and financial contributors, if not necessarily its rank and file, hence "elitist" and "latte liberal" (and, briefly, [[ItMakesSenseInContext "arugula"]]) as the new favorite buzzwords of the Republicans. "Champagne socialist" is the British equivalent.

* The protagonists of ''Freedom'' by Jonathan Franzen.

When they show up in fiction, it is often as a main character's parents, and they are very likely to live in San Francisco, since that city is known for being very liberal and for having a very high cost of living.

The Bourgeois Bohemian (Bobo for short) is a socio-cultural type [[TropeNamer defined]] by David Brooks in his book ''Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class And How They Got There''. In a nutshell, they are people who belong to the upper or upper-middle class in economic terms, but whose values were inherited from the countercultural movements of the 1960s. Expect very open attitudes towards issues such as sexuality and recreational drugs, support for liberal/progressive political causes, and possibly some [[StrawmanPolitical hypocrisy]] as well.

A favorite [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] of conservatives, including some bourgeois conservatives who hypocritically exploit this type of character to [[DontShootTheMessage discredit bohemianism or progressivism, or both]]. In the United States, the Democratic party is said to have these fellows as its main figureheads and financial contributors, if not necessarily its rank and file.

** I thought Dharma's parents were significantly poorer than Greg's, in addition to being more liberal?

* The People's Republic of Boulder, Colorado is full of these.
* And San Francisco, as noted above.

* In recent years, quite a few sociologists and pundits have exposed the Bourgeois Bohemian mythology as a conservative hatchet job. In ''What's The Matter With Kansas'', for example, economist Thomas Frank explains that the U.S. Republican party managed to win wide support in America's heartland by replacing the robber barons of yesteryear with BB's in the role of the stock sociocultural villain. And in ''Soul Of A Citizen'', former activist Paul Rogat Loeb describes how "cynics" (that is, Americans unengaged in civic-minded activities) have discredited participatory democracy both by exaggerating atrocities committed by activists in the past and by suggesting that social movements are insincere by associating them with the BB ethos.

* Not quite TruthInTelevision, as sociological studies have shown that lower-class people who come into wealth later in their lives often become conservative, at least on fiscal matters. The tolerant attitudes toward "sinful" behavior, however, are very much in evidence.

* And San Francisco, as noted above.

A favorite [[AcceptableTargets Acceptable Target]] of conservatives, including some bourgeois conservatives who hypocritically exploit this type of character in order to [[DontShootTheMessage discredit bohemianism or progressivism, or both]]. In the United States, the Democratic party is said to have these fellows as its main figureheads and financial contributors, if not necessarily its rank and file.

The Bourgeois Bohemian (Bobo for short) is a socio-cultural type [[TropeNamer defined]] by David Brooks in his book ''Bobos in Paradise: The New Upper Class And How They Got There''. In a nutshell, they are people who belong to the upper or upper-middle class in economic terms, but whose values were inherited from the countercultural movements of the 1960s. Expect very open attitudes towards issues such as sexuality and recreational drugs, support for liberal/progressive political causes, and possibly some [[StrawmanPolitical hypocrisy]] as well.

The Bourgeois Bohemian is what the {{Hipster}} or GranolaGirl turns into when he/she hits middle age, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie might have become had he not dropped out.

When they show up in fiction, it is often as a main character's parents.

* The People's Republic of Boulder, Colorado.

See also: TheManStickingItToTheMan, RuleAbidingRebel.

When they show up in fiction, it is often as a main character's parents.

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The Bourgeois Bohemian is what the GranolaGirl turns into when she hits middle age, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie might have become had he not dropped out.

* Not quite TruthInTelevision, as sociological studies have shown that lower-class people who come into wealth later in their lives often become conservative, at least on fiscal matters. The tolerant attitudes toward "sinful" behavior, however, are very much in evidence.

The Bourgeois Bohemian is what the GranolaGirl turns into when she hits middle age, or what the NewAgeRetroHippie would have become had he not dropped out.

* Mildred's parents in ''ScaryGoRound''.