All of the following are true about the new middle class EXCEPT

a. their taste for tradition caused them to reject time-saving devices.
b. advertisers geared their messages toward members of the professional class.
c. they represented a move toward an economy based on consumer buying.
d. national social trends were often pioneered by members of the middle class.


ANS: a

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