The critic Helena Kontova then asked him how his “socio-political intention” related to the politics of then-President Ronald Reagan. Koons answered: “With Reaganism, social mobility is collapsing, and instead of a structure composed of low, middle, and high income levels, we’re down to low and high only...
在这次访谈中，库恩斯说占边·波本作品“用奢侈品的隐喻定义阶级结构”。批评家伊莲娜·孔塔瓦（Helena Kontova）接着问他，他的“社会政治倾向”是否与时任总统里根的政治学有关。库恩斯回答说：“里根主义导致社会流动性崩坏，我们没有形成由高中低收入水平构成的结构，直接退化到只有高和低两级……我的作品反对这一趋势。”