In order to preserve their cultural dominion, a minority of "elites" use the high / low distinction to legitimize their cultural order, and to suppress the subversiveness of popular culture.
因為，大眾文化充滿多樣性和顛覆既定社會意識的潛能；少數「精英」分子為維持其文化霸權地位，藉高／低分野的說詞，一則將其文化體系予以正當化，再則壓抑大眾文化內在的顛覆性。