You can be poor and still have class...hence the saying "You can't buy class". You can be from the projects and still be intelligent or go to Harvard and be a dope. You can go from broke to a millionaire just like you can be handed more money than you could ever hope to spend and lose every dime of it for being an idiot. No one forces this culture on people sure it's out there, but you don't HAVE to submit to it.