Thorns

I'd say that yes, it is multi-generational. No, actually, that's not what I want to say. I'd say that it certainly can be multi-generational. In the same kind of way that you can have pale skin, but still not identify with the dominant power group (because you're actually of Aboriginal descent, for example). And sure, it is much easier to escape being a bogan in some ways. But if I'm being really stereotypical for a second, you went to UWA, and you've been exposed to a fair number of engineering students. UWA draws heavily on private schools for its intake, and engineering is reasonably profitable and presitgious. (i.e. they're well-educated, socially advantaged people, probably from about third-generation social respectability (their parents are probably well educated and well off), such as it is). How many bogans have you encountered in engineering? If the answer is 'none' I would be incredibly surprised. And I'd say that a sizeable number of those would come from backgrounds where the values that make them a bogan were inherited from their parents, and will be passed on to their children.

The other thing, of course, is that I haven't met many bogans who's just randomly acquired their bogan-ness. They'll have their Falcon ute because their dad had his "I'd rather push my Ford than drive a holden sticker". Or they'll marry a guy who has a souped-up car, because they've learnt that a man who has a souped-up car is pretty neat from friends and family.

So yes. Maybe not all bogans are members of the "bogan peoples." But the bogan peoples do exist.